American weapons for Ukraine. File photoWASHINGTON, 28 Aug.The United States increases the supply of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine by sea, writes The Washington Post
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Previously, to speed up the process, weapons were delivered mainly by air. The US began using the sea route back in the spring to send artillery and heavy weapons, since it is easier to transfer ammunition in this way, the publication reports, citing a Pentagon representative. Ukraine thus, as noted in the material, should be able to accumulate a larger arsenal. The Pentagon did not disclose specific supply routes, noting that some weapons come straight from the American continent, while others are sent to replenish US stocks in Europe to replace those given to Ukraine. On February 24, he conducts a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its task «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the president, the ultimate goal of the operation is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that guarantee the security of Russia itself. Against this background, the United States and its NATO allies continue to pump weapons to Ukraine. President Joe Biden signed the lend-lease law, tens of billions of dollars are allocated for military assistance to Kyiv. Moscow, for its part, has repeatedly stated that the supply of Western weapons only prolongs the conflict, and the transport of weapons becomes a legitimate target for the Russian army. In Ukraine, they do not know exactly where the weapons from the United States will end up, the Pentagon said