Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the amount of Western aid to Ukraine since February 2022 has exceeded $160 billion and announced this at the ministerial board meeting. TASS.
According to him, Ukraine received “hundreds of tanks, more than 4,000 armored vehicles, more than 1,100 field guns, as well as dozens of modern multiple launch rocket systems and anti-aircraft missile systems of Western production.”
Previously Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Telegram channel He insisted attracting foreign arms manufacturers to the country for the purpose of localization. The head of state posted on the social network a video from his meeting with the heads of the Ukrainian diplomatic missions.
He demanded that diplomats involve foreign companies in the relevant initiative to the maximum extent possible.
Prior to that, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that many countries would refuse to buy “advertised” Western weapons that have proven ineffective on the battlefield. According to the parliamentarian, the weapons sent by the West to Ukraine did not help him achieve the success he hoped for.
Formerly in the Armed Forces in the open Source of information on the departure of strategic aviation of the Russian Federation.