The head of the European Union’s foreign affairs, Josep Borrell, wrote in his blog on the website of the EU diplomatic service that the EU will take into account the lessons learned from the Russian-led special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine. It has become “the greatest interstate military conflict in decades”. It was noted that the militarization of industry and the definition of priorities for the development of the armies of the member states were taken into account, writes. TASS.
Borrell also concluded that in a conflict with an enemy of comparable strength, European military equipment was not only invincible, but very quickly destroyed. He added that EU and NATO countries can no longer rely on only a limited number of high-tech combat units, as before.
According to Borrell, it is necessary to increase the number of weapons in order to compensate the losses in time. In this process, the dissemination of military production and the provision of reliable military logistics come to the fore. “With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, traditional high-intensity warfare has returned to our borders,” the diplomat said.
“Europeans must understand the fundamental changes and new threats to the security environment that are emerging before the EU, not just on the eastern flank,” the message says. Borrell noted that at the meeting of EU defense ministers in Brussels on 23 May, the European Defense Agency presented an analysis of the impact of this conflict on the EU’s future defense capabilities. The main conclusion of the report is that EU and NATO countries “must not only increase their defense spending, but also do so in the most coordinated way”.
According to Borrell, priority areas should be: increasing the training level of the military, increasing their ability to use high-tech weapons creatively, both outdated and modern; development of electronic warfare instruments; Strengthening air defense systems qualitatively and quantitatively.
“High-intensity warfare leads to very high losses of equipment and weapons, so it is necessary to have a substantial stockpile of weapons to make up for the losses,” the EU representative wrote. research and selection of civilian technological solutions and systems that can be used to increase the efficiency of military equipment. Borrell drew attention to the importance of logistics and military logistics.
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