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Among Western support for Ukraine is the delivery of arms. It is becoming more pronounced, several countries have announced the shipment of equipment. Even Germany got into it, which is a turning point.
Two weeks before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, an American cargo plane at unloaded entire pallets of arms and ammunition at Kiev airport. The United States was the first to deliver equipment to help Ukraine. On Saturday February 26, Washington announced an additional 310 million euros in military supplies. France has followed suit, Emmanuel Macron held a new defense council and announced the sending of defensive and support equipment to the Ukrainian forces. “They are probably infantry weapons. Whatever happens, these are light weapons or support weapons, for example means of transmission or means of troubleshooting“, assures General Vincent Doorsprofessor of strategy at Sciences Po and HEC.
Germany has broken with its traditional policy of refusing to export lethal weapons to conflict zones. The Chancellor announced the dispatch of 1,000 rocket launchers, armored vehicles and fuel. Belgium will send machine guns, the Netherlands, 200 anti-aircraft missiles, rifles, helmets or even the Czech Republic with shells, pistols, assault rifles and machine guns. As for Poland, it will provide ammunition. It remains to transport them, because that is impossible by air or by sea, controlled by the Russians. Also complicate for Westerners to transport them by road, congested. The weapons could be delivered to neighboring countries, it is up to the Ukrainians to come and collect them.