From the West of the world (United States) to the Far East (Japan), there are numerous countries that help Ukraine in the war against Putin by sending them weapons to Zelensky’s army to try to win this crazy war and stop the enemy even in the Donbass, having resisted very well in the first month and a half of the conflict. It took some time, but now the “machine” has been set in motion: before any distinction was made between “defensive” weapons to stop the Russian advance in Kyiv and the “offensives” used to fight in the Donbass. Weapons and vehicles today no longer have “instructions”, they are for attack and defense, there is no difference. However, not all nations truly admit what kind of aid they have sent.
The three reasons for “Secrecy”
There are at least three Reasons for which some governments have preferred to send aid to Ukraine, but without too much publicity: avoiding internal disagreements, circumventing possible legal obstacles and avoiding retaliatory actions and threats from Russia both at this stage and especially at the end of the war. The cunning Putin reminds and notes everything, it would not be unlikely that a threat “after the fact” looms after the war. “You helped the Ukrainians, we remember…” could be a phrase already used against many Western countries, including Italy, who “disappointed” the Tsar.
All weapons sent to Ukraine
As we saw on InsideOver, the superpower that spends the most on military supplies is represented by United States, who sent everything: cannons, latest generation drones, rockets, ammunition and so on and so on. But the same argument applies here: with so many explanations, some things are bound to remain secret. Immediately after that is his friend Boris Johnsonwho invited Zelenskyy from armored vehicles to anti-aircraft, anti-tank and missile systems (including some against military ships). Corriere della Sera reported the full list: Aid is also coming from tens of thousands of kilometers all the way to Australia who have been sent equipment and Bushmaster, an armored four-wheeled vehicle. Heavy artillery arrived from the west, Canada, and helmets, bulletproof vests and medical supplies arrived from Japan.
In addition to the personal defense of the individual soldier, Turkey has sent its own production drones, the Bayraktar TB2, while this time Norway has Mistral anti-aircraft missiles and small drones for Heidrun reconnaissance. Military weapons also from countries like Poland, Holland, Czech Republic and the Germanycaught the eye of the storm for its belated aid to Ukraine, but as we said earlier, Secretary of State Annalena Baerbock said Germans still prefer not to advertise their aid.
Who sent the planes?
Some planes also came with the Ukrainian army, modern and less modern. But by whom? The Pentagon has not lost its balance, Zelenskyy has requested fighter jets, but Biden has preferred other types of aircraft so as not to incite the enemy too much. We are talking about the Polish Mig-29, but they are certainly not the latest generation fighters. Officially, to distract the Russians, planes were never sent and consequently received. As Corriere recalls, if air aid from the United States had first been allowed, spokesman John Kirby did not reveal who supplied it: it would not have been them, who would only have supplied spare parts. So yesterday another clarification on sending components and that’s it, no planes. In short, it seems more like the secret of Pulcinella.
“We’re grateful for what we’re getting from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the United States, but it’s a little late‘ the commander of a Ukrainian unit in Donbass, whose soldiers are being trained by NATO and have taken part in numerous multinational exercises, told the Washington Post. The Post explained that these are new Ukrainian soldiers who are moving further away from the Soviet tradition they are dealing with. more and more the so-called Western weapons.