The West will not supply Ukraine with American anti -aircraft missile systems (air defense systems) Patriot so as not to provoke Russia. This was reported on Wednesday by the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia.
According to her version, Western countries are determined to help the Ukrainian side, but not to the extent that to appear in the eyes of Moscow as a participant in the conflict and provoke an escalation of the situation. According to the publication, there is a weapon that NATO members and the partners of the alliance will never be able to convey to Kyiv.
In particular, according to the newspaper, Patriot will never be located in Ukraine. One reason is that the air defense system requires highly qualified specialists, and in the current circumstances this would lead to the deployment of American personnel in Ukraine, which is unrealized. In addition, the hypothetical placement of Patriot there would be perceived by Moscow as a direct part of the United States in the conflict.
According to the publication, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky also unsuccessfully asked Israel to provide Kyiv as a pro. The Israeli position at the moment is to increase humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, but not to intervene in the conflict. The newspaper believes that the West is forced to constantly look for a balance between the need to help Kyiv and not to angry Russia too much.
The publication believes that it will be difficult for Ukraine to get modern fighters. Kyiv will also not become the owner of American unmanned aerial vehicles Predator and Global Hawk.
Zelensky at a briefing for foreign journalists on March 12 stated that Ukraine needs missile defense systems, and it is ready to pay for their deliveries. The US Ministry of Defense at the end of May did not confirm the information on the planned transfer by Kyiv by the American Patriot air defense system as part of the bill approved by Congress on the allocation of additional assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 40.1 billion