As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky prepares to ask the US Congress for more military aid to his country, the US and its North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies are already sending several surface-to-air missile systems to Ukraine. in order to help in its defence.
According to a senior US official, these additional systems include the Soviet-era SA-8, SA-10, SA-12 and SA-14 mobile air defense systems.
These systems have a lower altitude range than the S-300 system, which Ukraine requested. However, they have a longer range than the shoulder-fired Stinger missiles previously supplied to Ukraine, giving them the ability to hit cruise missiles.
The systems were acquired from NATO partner nations and are “on the way,” according to this top US official. It is unclear at this time how these systems will be populated for the supplier country.
Speech to Congress
Zelensky’s speech will be virtual, as will the others addressed to other NATO allies – in which the Ukrainian leader called on the West to strongly step up its efforts to combat Russia’s bombing of Ukrainian territory.
Source: CNN Brasil
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