2023-06-14 19:48:29
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MADRID, 14 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister, Hanna Maliar, has acknowledged that it is “extremely difficult” to achieve parity with Russia in terms of arms figures, since Moscow “has been preparing for this for 30 years”, referring to the war unleashed more than fifteen months ago.
While Russia has strengthened its weapons capabilities in recent years, Ukraine has done the opposite with an eye toward complying with the international obligations imposed on the state, created in the 1990s after the fall of the Soviet Union, according to the deputy minister. defense.
“The Russians have been preparing for this for 30 years. We disarmed, we fulfilled our international obligations, but they armed themselves. That is why it is extremely difficult to achieve parity with them in terms of weapons,” Maliar said.
Thus, Maliar has pointed out that today the Ukrainian Armed Forces carry out both defensive and offensive operations, which means that the situation in the war is different depending on the areas of the front that are attended to, according to UNIAN news agency.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have received massive amounts of weapons, ammunition and funding in recent months, as well as other warfare capabilities such as Western tanks and fighter jets from Poland and Slovakia, although Kiev demands F-16s, more modern and powerful
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