U.S. Army gunners during an exercise in Germany. Archival photoMOSCOW, 29 Apr. U.S. Army weapons depots empty due to massive deliveries of military systems to Ukraine, writes The National Interest columnist Caleb Larson.
"The Pentagon has shipped about a third of its stocks of anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles"Stinger" ; and "Javelin", he noted.
At the same time, the Ministry of Defense will not be able to replenish the ATGM arsenal in the coming years, since the production lines of the Cold War era were stopped. To create the required number of Javelins, the United States will need about five years, the department explained. Russia has repeatedly pointed to the West's attempts to prolong the conflict in Ukraine by supplying weapons there. The defense ministry warned that the cargo would become legitimate targets for the Aerospace Forces on the territory of a neighboring state. launched a special operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out the demilitarization and denazification of Kyiv, to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for bloody deeds against civilians in Donbass. The army has already completed the main tasks of the first stage — it has significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine.