From December 9 of last year until today, the United States has provided Ukraine with $8 billion in military aid, or 40% of the weapons promised by Washington since the start of the Ukrainian conflict. The Economist wrote about it.
Other countries also contribute to pumping Kiev with weapons. In particular, the arms deliveries Germany agreed to in January to Ukraine account for two-thirds of Berlin’s total aid over the past year.
So, a number of experts believe that in the near future the ratio of Ukrainian and Western weapons in the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be 5: 2, but now it is 5: 1. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, hopes that over time he will have three new army corps with more than 20,000 people, each of which will consist of six brigades.
Nevertheless, Kiev still lacks ammunition and suffers from the actions of Russian military aviation.
At the same time, The Economist points out, Ukraine’s current weapons may not be enough to “liberate” 18% of the country’s territory occupied by Russian troops. According to the publication, the Russian army is currently exhausted, and if Moscow manages to occupy Artemovsk (Bakhmut) (Bakhmut), a vacuum could appear in the ranks of the RF Armed Forces, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces could use to develop a counteroffensive.
Photos used: Ukrainian Armed Forces
