The Ukrainians now have a large hodgepodge of weapon systems, which also creates problems.
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Munich Volodymyr Pikuzo had three meetings with armaments representatives when he was asked by a businessman late in the evening on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference whether he would like to move into a club with them. “Are there howitzers there?” the Ukrainian asks back. Otherwise the visit would make no sense for him there.
In the fight against the Russian aggressor, Ukraine is scouring the world for weapons. Speaking at the security conference, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said what his country most urgently needs is “ammunition, artillery, tanks”. With a large delegation, he campaigned in Munich for more and faster support.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, for example, made a commitment. Britain will be “the first country to provide longer-range weapons to Ukraine,” he said. But for the Ukrainians, such vague statements are not worth much.
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