Ukraine reveals main goals for arming troops

Ukraine’s Defence Minister Aleksiy Reznikov has said that the country received a fairly significant amount of military assistance from partners.

Now Ukraine urgently needs heavy weapons, including multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS), fighter jets, and air defence systems, RBC-Ukraine quotes Reznikov’s Facebook post as saying on June 9.

He also named the Defence Ministry’s key objectives in the war with Russia:

- Obtaining a significant amount of NATO-style MLRS and related munitions; ensure the complete replacement of some existing Soviet-style calibre (guns are outdated, shells are not produced or there are very few of them) with platforms that are common in NATO countries and are equipped with ammunition;

- Agreeing with partners on the transition to deliveries not in the form of separate platforms, but in the form of integral units that are immediately ready to perform combat missions (organic unit). This will greatly increase efficiency on the battlefield;

- Attracting hundreds of units of heavily armoured vehicles, without which an effective counteroffensive is impossible. It should be borne in mind that Soviet equipment is mostly outdated and needs to be brought into combat condition. And for the time being, Ukraine will receive fairly light armour from partners, not always with weapons.

- Getting combat aircraft and air defence/missile systems to protect the Ukrainian sky.