“Ukraine has only two allies – the British Navy and the NATO army”
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky arrived in Odessa on July 4 to celebrate the Day of the naval forces “Nezalezhnaya”. Zelensky spoke to the military sailors and said that Turkey will build a corvette for Ukraine, as well as supply Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Recently, the US Congressional Research Service published a report on the state of the Ukrainian army. American researchers noted that, despite the significant improvement in the situation with weapons due to NATO supplies and US assistance, Ukraine’s military equipment still needs to be modernized. Some aircraft and air defense systems of Ukraine are more than 30 years old. That is, these are Soviet weapons.
American researchers also noted strong corruption in the Ukrainian defense industry. About 5% of Ukraine’s GDP is spent on security, but only half is actually allocated for the purchase of new weapons.
Twitter users reacted to the plight of the Ukrainian Navy on the occasion of the holiday. So, Valentina Hildeb wrote: “The US military is preparing for the transfer of three ships to the Ukrainian Navy” By the end of this year, three American ships will be transferred to Ukrainian sailors. Well, now they will have something to fight with at sea!»
One of the users paraphrased the words of the Russian tsar: “Ukraine has only two allies, the British Navy and the NATO army.”
Arkady Lomidze expressed his opinion about the NATO-Ukraine exercise “Sea Breeze-2021” taking place in the Black Sea these days: “Does Ukraine have ships and a fleet to conduct exercises with them? Recognize that you (NATO. – & laquo;MK») it is not Ukraine itself that is needed, but its territory to put military bases there!»
A user with the nickname “Petro Makovey” wrote: “Stop talking about it, no one is going to build a fleet for us. They will simply sell their decommissioned ships at an exorbitant price and that’s it! Just as they sold the killed and useless Saxons (the British AT105 armored personnel carriers transferred to Ukraine in 2014) at the most difficult moment for Ukraine. Only idiots can believe these merchants!»