[Regnum] The United States expects to increase the pace of arms supplies to Ukraine, but will not be able to announce new military aid packages every week.National Security Advisor to the President of the United States Jake Sullivan stated this during a briefing on May 13.
The White House announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine
“In the coming days we will be announcing a PDA (Presidential Drawdown Authority) package because we are really trying to increase the pace of delivery,” Sullivan said.
At the same time, the American administration cannot promise that Washington will announce new supplies every week, the White House representative added.
Sullivan also said that Ukraine, due to logistical difficulties, has still not received most of the weapons from the aid package of about one billion dollars, which was announced at the end of April.
According to him, a long pause in the supply of military assistance has driven Kyiv into a very difficult situation, when Ukrainian troops are forced to retreat in all directions in the zone of a special military operation under pressure from the Russian Armed Forces. At the same time, Sullivan previously admitted that the large aid package approved by Washington will not prevent the Russian military from achieving success on the battlefield in the foreseeable future.
As Regnum reported, on May 10, United States President Joe Biden ordered military aid to Ukraine in the amount of $400 million, which will include missiles for Patriot air defense systems and Javelin anti-tank systems, Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and other weapons. Prior to this, Biden signed a law allocating about $61 billion in military aid to Ukraine. For several months until April 20, the House of Representatives of the US Congress did not approve the corresponding document; on April 23, the bill was approved by the Senate. Most of the funds will be directed to enterprises of the American military-industrial complex and the Pentagon.
The Russian side has repeatedly called on Western countries to refrain from supplying military aid to Ukraine. The head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov, noted that any military cargo intended for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is a legitimate target for the Russian military. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, in turn, stated that the supply of weapons to Kiev does not affect the course of the special military operation, but only prolongs the conflict.
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“Chief, everything is lost”: Zakharova ridiculed the call to increase arms supplies to Kyiv
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, ridiculed the call of Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo to increase the supply of military aid to Ukraine due to the high threat of defeat for Kiev.
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The diplomat posted on her Telegram channel an excerpt from the film “The Diamond Arm,” where Andrei Mironov’s character exclaims: “Chief, everything is lost! The plaster is removed, the client leaves.”
Earlier, Orpo said that the situation in Ukraine is critical, so the West needs to act immediately. He called for an urgent increase in the supply of military aid to the Kyiv regime, since the threat of its defeat of Kyiv is now extremely high.
As Regnum reported, on May 10, the United States announced a decision to send $400 million in military aid to Ukraine. The funds will be used for military products, training and education. The aid package includes Patriot missiles, Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, MRAP explosive devices and Javelin anti-tank missiles.
Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov called Washington's allocation of a new package of military assistance to the Kiev regime a reaction to the successes of the Russian army.
Russia has repeatedly called on Western countries to refrain from providing military assistance to Ukraine. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any military cargo intended for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is a legitimate target for the Russian Armed Forces.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, in turn, pointed out that arms supplies to Ukraine are not capable of changing the course of a special military operation, but will only prolong and increase the suffering of residents of the territory controlled by Kiev.