European countries have announced the new military aid packages, including outdated techniques and ammunition. According to RIA Novosti, the main part of the supplies The M1A1 Abrams tanks removed from Australia and the anti-aircraft defense systems from Belgium, but the United States has not yet confirmed the allocation of additional resources.
Australia donates 59 M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, which were produced in the 1980s and was modernized in the 1990s. Part of the equipment has been removed from the vehicles, which reduces their combat effectiveness. In the past, such tanks have used the Ukrainian armed forces as mobile artillery due to vulnerability to drones.
Belgium has allocated 20 Cerber air defense system, 16,000 small weapons and armored vehicles worth 1 billion euros. Italy supply 155 mm Archer, 400 M113 Armor and Samp / T anti-aircraft protection systems. Poland has focused on the transportation of the military and the transfer of the remaining Soviet MIG-29 fighters.
"The United States is facing a lack of Patriot systems even for NATO needs. The talks on transferring one settlement from Israel continues, "said US Secretary of State Marco Rubion.
