No diplomacy will stop Putin
The possibility of a diplomatic solution is nil, as is that of a victor on the battlefield. The military experts at the White House are convinced of that. The war between Ukraine and Russia will be long and could last until the end of the year. By summer both armies will be exhausted and there will be no chance for anyone to launch the final offensive. Then there will be a lack of ammunition. The aim is therefore to give the Ukrainians “time”: the more weeks pass, the more Russia will be crushed by economic sanctions and, as a result, Putin’s power will be called into question from within. hypothesis of course. It is official that the United States is sending military aid to Zelenskyy.
An $800 million weapons package
The Pentagon has summoned key US wartime contractors to a highlevel meeting to prepare a longterm defense strategy. The new $800 million arms package comes just as Biden has decided to further escalate antiRussia rhetoric and accuse Vladimir Putin of genocide. It will include systems already used by Kiev’s armed forces “with devastating effects”, but also new weapons better suited to repel Russia’s new attack on the Donbass.
artillery and helicopters
According to sources in the US Congress, among the new weapons to be sent to Kyiv are howitzers, heavy artillery systems capable of hitting a target up to 70 kilometers away. The new $800 million in aid Biden spoke to Zelenskyy over the phone adds to the $1.7 billion the United States has provided since Russia attacked on February 24, and the 2, $4 billion in the White House since the President.
Also means of protection against chemical weapons
The new US weapons package also includes “personal protective equipment against chemical weapons”. said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby in a press conference. He reiterated that the deployment of antichemical weapons defenses was based “on our longstanding concerns that Moscow might use chemical weapons.”
Empty the American weapons arsenal?
The staggering amount of weapons sent to Ukraine by the United States may have exhausted American stocks. According to the Washington Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank, the US has destroyed a third of its Javelin and a quarter of its Stinger stockpile, and it will take three to five years to replenish them. For this reason, too, eight American arms giants have been summoned to the Pentagon, including Boeing, L3Harris, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, the latter two makers of the Javelin and Stinger.