MOSCOW, July 10 NATO countries admitted that they could not establish the production of weapons in sufficient quantities to satisfy Kyiv’s demands, writes the Wall Street Journal.
Senior leaders from Europe and the United States began this week's NATO summit with a promise to increase the alliance's military contributions, but at the same time acknowledged that… the allies are still having difficulty producing enough weapons and equipment to help Kyiv win the conflict,» the publication writes.
According to the newspaper, while Russia has increased its military output «at an alarming rate», NATO countries have achieved only limited success in establishing their own military industry.
«The reality is that the conflict in Ukraine demonstrated not only that the scale was too small and production capacity was too small to cope with responsibilities, but also that there were significant gaps in interoperability,» the Wall Street Journal reported. words of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
Previously, NATO countries announced that Ukraine would receive new strategic air defense systems from the West, including the American Patriot and Italian SAMP-T systems, as well as the tactical systems NASAMS, HAWK, IRIS T-SLM, IRIS T-SLS and Gepard.
Russia believes that arms supplies to Ukraine interfere with the settlement and directly involve NATO countries in the conflict. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. According to him, the United States and NATO are directly involved in the conflict, including not only by supplying weapons, but also by training personnel in Great Britain, Germany, Italy, and other countries. The Kremlin stated that pumping Ukraine up with weapons from the West does not contribute to negotiations.