ukraine urged to provide more air defense system experts: the prospect of the west continuing to provide "real money" is not clear
2024-09-09
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the website of russia today tv quoted the italian newspaper il messenger on the 8th as saying that according to informed sources, ukraine hopes that italy can use its status as the rotating presidency of the g7 to put pressure on the united states to provide ukraine with more patriot air defense missile systems.
according to reports, ukrainian president zelensky regards the italian government as a "mediator" and hopes that italy can help "push the united states to remove obstacles to the transfer of large numbers of patriots" before the us presidential election in november.
△ screenshot of the report on the website of russia today tv station
zelensky held a bilateral meeting with italian prime minister meroni at a forum in cernobbio, italy, on july 7. meroni reiterated her support and promised that italy "will not abandon ukraine."
the website of russia today tv reported on the 8th that in recent weeks, russia has stepped up its attacks on ukraine, and ukrainian officials have been urging nato countries to provide more advanced air defense systems.
according to a report on the u.s. defense post website in june, ukraine currently has three patriot air defense systems. in july, u.s. president biden promised that the united states and its allies would provide ukraine with five strategic air defense systems.
but zelensky once said that in order to achieve air defense capabilities covering the entire ukraine, ukraine would be better off having 25 patriot air defense missile systems.
while constantly seeking military assistance from the united states and the west, zelensky also hoped that the west could provide more economic support to ukraine when he met with us defense secretary austin and german defense minister pistorius a few days ago.
the chairman of the ukrainian parliament's budget committee, piotr zavod, recently publicly stated that ukraine no longer has enough funds to pay the full salaries of frontline soldiers in september.
△ screenshot of the report on the website of russia today tv station
sun zhuangzhi, director of the institute of russian, east european and central asian studies, chinese academy of social sciencesin an interview with china media group's global information radio, analysts believe that financial difficulties will jeopardize ukraine's military operations, and the prospect of western countries continuing to provide ukraine with "real money" in the future is unclear.
ukraine is now under a heavy financial burden, and the country's expenditure is mainly used for military expenses. if this cannot be guaranteed, the military's morale will be shaken in the future. if the financial assistance from the united states or europe cannot be delivered in time, it will affect ukraine from top to bottom, especially the confidence of the army in the frontline. therefore, ukraine is now very eager for western countries to fulfill their promises as soon as possible.
although the us and europe have a positive attitude and have expressed their willingness to continue to provide assistance to ukraine, there are now more and more uncertainties, especially as the us faces a general election and the problem of aid fatigue from european countries is becoming more and more prominent. western countries have no effective solutions or measures to solve ukraine's financial problems.
german chancellor scholz said in an interview with german tv ii on the 8th that it is time to discuss how to end the russia-ukraine conflict as soon as possible.
“i think it’s time to talk about how to move from a state of war to peace, and do it at a much faster pace.”
△ screenshot of the report on the website of russia today tv station
as one of ukraine's biggest supporters in the russia-ukraine conflict, germany continues to provide ukraine with various military equipment, but at the same time, scholz is also facing tremendous pressure at home.
scholz's coalition suffered a painful setback in regional elections last week, performing poorly in the eastern states of thuringia and saxony, where the far-right afd and the months-old left-wing populist sarah wagenknecht alliance, both strongly oppose germany's prolonged involvement in the conflict with russia and ukraine.
