What did America and the West do in support of Ukraine during 1402?

Mehr News Agency, International Group: Ukraine crisis in 1402 like the previous year, the shopping market and The sale of violent weapons and weapons heated up in the world; An arms race between the United States and European actors who passed this two-year war and entered the third year.

The contribution of America and Europe in arming Ukraine

During the year 1402 as in 1401, America was the largest financial and arms donor to Ukraine, nearly 80 billion dollars to this The country helped.

statistical website “Statista” wrote in a report on December 22, 1402 that about 43.9 billion euros ($47.54 billion) went to American military aid. It shows that the United States has provided much more financial aid to Kyiv than any other country.

According to this report, after America, Germany with 17.1 billion, England with 6.6 and European Union with 5.6 billion euros are in the next positions respectively. They took.

Zelensky Troika tours with a host of arms-security deals

Zelensky’s first European tour to attract financial support and weapons happened in May 1402, when he visited various European countries, including the actors of the Troika (Germany, England and France). Kurdistan, which was accompanied by several large arms agreements; Agreements that faced serious obstacles in solving the world’s biggest current crisis.

During this trip, Zelensky managed to meet and talk with British Prime Minister Rishi Sonak, German Chancellor Olaf Schultz and French President Emmanuel Macron. .

During Zelenskiy’s visit to Berlin, the German Chancellor announced the allocation of a new military aid package to Kiev worth 2.7 billion euros, which is the country’s largest arms aid package. to Ukraine was considered from the beginning of Russian military operations in this country.

According to “Boris Pistorius”, the Minister of Defense of this country, this package, which was worth three billion dollars; A package that includes 20 “Marder” infantry fighting vehicles, 30 “Leopard 1” tanks, 15 “Gepart” self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicles, 200 reconnaissance drones, four Iris-T defense systems, ammunition and artillery equipment and more than 200 vehicles. Combat and logistic armor.

In 1401, Germany also provided military aid worth 2 billion euros to Ukraine, and in 1402, it allocated a credit equal to 2.2 billion euros to help this country. .

From the point of view of the observers, Germany, under the pretext of the war in Ukraine, while imposing severe sanctions against Russia, is allocating a large budget to increase the power of the German army and purchase new weapons from the United States. Is; A country that has always faced the limitation of having a strong army due to the initiation of the first and second world wars. In this regard, America announced at the same time that it will sell 60 Chinook-47 military helicopters and other related equipment to Germany in a contract worth about 8.5 billion dollars.

London was the destination of Zelensky’s other trip, and the British government announced in a press release that this country will provide Kiev with new weapons, such as hundreds of defense missiles and drone systems, including Hundreds of long-range offensive drones with a range equivalent to more than 200 km.

Zelensky’s trip to Paris was not fruitless for Zelensky either. The Elysee Palace announced after Macron’s three-hour meeting with Zelensky that Paris will deliver dozens of light tanks and armored vehicles to Ukraine. France also committed to deliver air defense systems to Kiev.

In the last days of February 1402, Zelensky once again started his European tour with the aim of talking with the leaders of Berlin and Paris, which signed the 10-year security agreement between Ukraine and France. It was among the achievements of this trip.

Weapons that disappeared on the way last year

Looking at the statistics of three types of aid sent to Ukraine, we can understand this fact;

1. Military aid accounts for more than half of Western aid, especially American aid to Ukraine. Military aid pays for drones, tanks, missiles and other munitions systems, as well as training, logistics and intelligence support.

2. Humanitarian aid includes food aid, safe drinking water, medical equipment and other necessities for Ukrainians displaced as a result of the war. have been.

3. Another part is the financial and economic aid that the Ukrainian government can rely on to pay the salaries of civil servants, health care workers, teachers etc. to pay.

The news that made a lot of noise last year and was related to military aid was that much of this aid was disappearing midway. At the end of July 1402, a report from the Inspector General’s Office of the Pentagon showed that some of the weapons sent from Western countries to Ukraine disappeared and probably fell into the hands of criminal groups.

Of course, in the media version of the report of the Office of the Inspector General of the US Department of Defense, parts of the materials that explained the placement of these weapons in the hands of unwanted groups were blacked out. .

According to the report of “CNN” at that time, a criminal group stole various weapons, including a grenade launcher and other weapons after breaking into a battalion of volunteer groups. were slaves In the same month, a group of Ukrainian criminals posing as rescuers stole bulletproof vests worth $17,000.

In September 1402, the American newspaper “New York Times” wrote that the dismissal of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine shows Ukraine’s continuous challenges with the issue of corruption. The dismissal of this minister following the publication of reports on the theft of weapons, embezzlement and financial mismanagement shows the internal challenges of Ukraine at the same time as the external battle.

Another big problem that Ukraine faced in the second half of 1402 is the empty arsenals and the decreasing process of aid and weapons sent by America and Europe.

At the end of February 1402, the “Euronews” news channel announced that the lack of equipment imported from the West to Ukraine, as well as increasing concerns about the suspension of American military aid, forced Kiev to has maintained its military assets.

According to the studies carried out by the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the delay in Western security assistance to Ukraine has contributed to Russian military attacks and forced Ukrainian soldiers from The defense has been open against Russian advances.

Euronews, referring to the interview of “Associated Press” with several Ukrainian military commanders before the fall of the strategic city of “Audioka”, wrote: the lack of combat equipment that has plagued the forces of this country for a long time It has gotten worse since last fall. The reduction in the supply of Ukraine’s long-range artillery reserves by the West means that the forces of the Kiev army cannot attack war targets deep within Russia’s borders.

America and Europe’s neglect of Ukraine, which is directly related to their involvement in the Gaza war, has caused Zelensky to criticize Western policies.

In this connection, Zelensky, in an interview with “The Economist” on March 12, 1402, criticized the recent positions of the West regarding the war with Russia, and complained that “the West has a sense of urgency.” It has lost the war and Ukrainian citizens have lost the feeling of threat against themselves and their country in this war.”