The Pentagon said that you should not be afraid that the current US reserves may be depleted as a result of the sending of military assistance to Ukraine for billions of dollars.
Israeli 7 Channel writes that on Friday, the official representative of the National Security Council John Kirby said that a new weapons package for Ukraine will be announced very soon. Later on the same day, two high -ranking Pentagon official in a telephone conversation with reporters supported the Kirby statement. To date, the United States has provided Ukraine with $ 8.2 billion equipment.
To the question that because of this, reserves in the United States may end, a high-ranking military official said: “Every time we make a decision … we evaluate the relative risks associated with this equipment, so we have no concern … “
Talking with journalists on anonymity, he added that the Pentagon spends a lot of time to make sure that the American military can “first of all protect their homeland and fulfill all our requirements around the world, if necessary”.
During the same telephone conversation with journalists, a senior representative of the US Ministry of Defense said that “considerable efforts” are being made in all directions to guarantee that the United States can continue to produce what Ukraine needs, “but also what we need “.
At the moment, the United States has delivered to Ukraine a highly mobile artillery missile system (Himars), rocket lapsing systems (MLRS), howitzers, Javelin anti -tank complexes and Stinger anti -aircraft missiles, as well as specialized Phoenix Ghos drones, similar to Switchblade drones.
The United States set up 12 Himars to Ukraine and will provide four more. However, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexei Reznikov said that his country will need at least 100 Himars to negate Russia’s success in the Donbass.