America continues to beat the drum of war in Ukraine by sending military equipment
White House National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby told reporters on Friday evening local time that the aid would include new missile systems.
He stated that Ukraine will receive 580 UAVs from the Pentagon known as Phoenix Ghost from America.
The White House official continued that the new aid package will include 4 Himars missile systems and 580 Phoenix drones.
With the allocation of the new security package to Ukraine, the total US security aid to this country has reached 8.2 billion dollars so far.
Earlier, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, after announcing that the Pentagon will send four more Himars missile systems to Ukraine along with GMLRS rockets and ammunition, said: “Ukraine is effectively using Himars long-range missile systems.” Uses.
General Mark Milley, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US military, claimed on Wednesday local time in a gathering of reporters in connection with Russia’s advance in Ukraine: The Russians have made very little progress in relation to the entire territory of Ukraine. There is an intense war of attrition.
He said about the casualties of Russia and Ukraine: Many casualties have been inflicted on both sides.
This American general added: Today, five months have passed since the beginning of the illegal invasion of Ukraine by the Russians. They have failed to achieve their strategic and operational goals. This is due to the courage and determination of the Ukrainian people.
On February 21, 2022 (March 2, 1400), Russian President Vladimir Putin, criticizing the West’s indifference to Moscow’s security concerns, recognized the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics in the Donbas region, and three days after that, Thursday, February 24 (March 5, 1400) ) also started a military operation, which he called “special operations”, against Ukraine, and in this way, the tense Moscow-Kiev relations changed into a military confrontation.
The war in Ukraine is in its fifth month, and the reactions to Russia’s invasion, the sending of weapons to Ukraine, and its new consequences in the political, military, economic, and social fields continue.