MOSCOW, April 28 Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov said that thanks to supplies from France and Denmark, Ukraine now has the second largest fleet of CAESAR self-propelled artillery mounts.
According to Reznikov, the CAESAR self-propelled guns promised by Denmark have arrived in Ukraine. «Denmark wanted to use these systems for its army, but wisely and nobly decided to transfer them to the Ukrainian army,» Reznikov wrote on Twitter.
According to the head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, the Danes will participate in organizing the training of Ukrainian troops. «Thanks to our partners from France and Denmark, Ukraine now has the second largest CAESAR artillery fleet in the world,» Reznikov said.
The United States supplied Kyiv with long-range M777 howitzers with a caliber of 155 millimeters, Ukrainian troops are actively using them to shell the cities of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. Also, the Ukrainian troops were supplied with German PzH 2000 self-propelled artillery mounts, Polish Krab self-propelled guns and French CAESAR self-propelled guns using shells of this caliber.
Russia has previously sent a note to NATO countries because of the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect.