Ukraine Army Isn’t Ready To Stop A Russian Invasion, Lacks Funds And Arms

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The Ukrainian military was much stronger and more prepared from 2014, when it was unable to fight Russian annexation from Crimea. But the lack of weapons from the West and underlining at home has left his troops even without the stock of the basic supplies they need in high intensity conflicts.

Instead, because of worries rises at A.S. And Europe from a potential invasion by President Vladimir Putin, Ukraine found his army fiercely by Russian forces and the strength of his expenses. The Russian President has maintained the accumulation of his latest troops on the border, said the Organization of the North Atlantic Agreement must reduce its presence in the region.

If there is a war, only the entry of sophisticated weapons from West Kyiv supporters who can confirm their defense. So far his request for large ticket items such as air and the missile defense system has not been answered even though there is a guarantee that “NATO stands with Ukraine.”

The US has collected new packages including Javelin anti-tank missiles, small arms, medical kits and body armor, adhering to defensive weapons and support for the ability of cyber Ukraine in an effort to help Kyiv without giving reasons to act, people who are familiar with The discussion said, adding that President Joe Biden had signed the plan. A spokesman for the National Security Council did not comment immediately.

At home, meanwhile, short money. Some funds collected from taxpayers for defense were spent elsewhere, while waste and corruption were still on guard after years of reform efforts.

The Kyiv budget for the procurement of defense is 23 billion hryvnia ($ 838 million) for 2021, up to 28 billion hryvnia for 2022. It was a big increase in 2014 but was still a confounding error in what the Kremlin was issued. Russia spent around 40% of the $ 60 billion-plus defense budget in procurement, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, twice as much in absolute terms such as France, Germany or U.K., moreover Ukraine.

All wage recipients in Ukraine must pay special levies, sold as a way to increase defense expenditure. In 2021, which collected 28.6 billion hryvnia, was sufficient in theory to multiply the procurement of weapons. But the money entered public tax funds. The Ministry of Finance spokesman said it was “impossible ‘” to find out whether it was spent on defense, health or other priorities.

When the Defense Ministry came to Parliament in December with a shopping list for 2022, news about the buildup of Russian troops had long been damaged. But the number of bulletproof vests who want to buy is only half of the amount needed for the numbers of the troops today, especially the reserves will be called if the Russian invasion is realized, according to Serliy Rakhmanin, an opposition parliamentary member and member of the Parliament Committee on national security, defense and intelligence .