Ukraine has updated its extensive wish list for additional military assistance from the US government in recent days and has added hundreds more anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles than previously requested, according to a document provided to Ukraine. CNN which details the required items.
Ukrainians have come up with similar lists in recent weeks, but a recent request provided to US lawmakers appears to reflect a growing need for US-made Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and Javelin anti-tank missiles — with Ukraine saying it urgently needs 500 of each a day.
According to a source with knowledge of the orders, in both cases Ukraine is ordering hundreds more missiles than those included in a similar list previously provided to US lawmakers and senators.
The new list comes as Ukrainians allege they face a potential weapons shortage amid an ongoing Russian attack — in an attempt to provoke a backlash from US and NATO officials, who stress that more military aid is already on the way. entering the country.
The list provided to CNN details several other urgent needs, including: jets, attack helicopters, and anti-aircraft systems like the S-300.
Two types of Russian-made jets are listed in the document, including one designed to provide close air support to troops on the ground. Ukraine ordered 36 of each aircraft, according to the list the CNN had access.
On March 7, less than two weeks after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, the US and other NATO members sent some 17,000 anti-tank missiles and 2,000 anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine.
Since then, NATO countries, including the US, have kept up the flow of weapons and equipment, even as Russia has threatened to attack the shipments.
The last $350 million security assistance package was approved in late February and arrived in Ukraine in recent days, a senior defense official said, while the next two packages totaling $1 billion have already started to arrive. .
US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that “armor systems, ammunition and our weapons are flowing into Ukraine as I speak.” The defense official said it would be “several flights over many days” to take the equipment to Eastern Europe before entering Ukraine via multiple land border crossings.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the UK announced that it would send an additional 6,000 missiles, including anti-tank and high-explosive weapons, to Ukraine, along with around $33 million in financial support for the Ukrainian military.
Some lawmakers in the US Congress believe the US should provide Ukraine with the weapons it is requesting as soon as possible.
Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen of Nevada visited Poland and Germany this past weekend to meet with civil society organizations that help Ukrainian refugees who have arrived in those countries, as well as American troops deployed abroad helping with humanitarian efforts. .
Rosen said her biggest learning from the trip was her “sense of urgency” on the ground.
“They need all the tools not just to survive the war, but to win the war, so if we provide air-to-ground missiles, drones, all the military support,” Rosen told CNN.
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