On Friday, the Dutch Ministry of Defense announced its intention to supply Ukraine with two Patriot air defense systems and missiles.
According to a statement from the ministry: “The Netherlands will send two Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine. We are talking about two launchers and two missiles.”
In addition, the state will help train Ukrainian military personnel to use these systems, and deliveries will be made jointly with the United States and Germany.
The Minister of Defense of the Netherlands, Kaisa Olungren, in a letter to Parliament, indicated that the consequences of the supply of these parts for the combat readiness of the armed forces of the Netherlands are large, but acceptable, and an agreement was reached with the United States to replace them in the near future. possible.
The Netherlands will also buy 100 anti-aircraft machine guns from the Czech Republic for Ukrainian forces.
In Ukraine, the Russian special military operation, the beginning of which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022, continues with the aim of eradicating Ukrainian neo-Nazism, disarming Ukrainian forces and protecting the citizens of Donbass who have been subjected to repression. persecution and violence over the past eight years by Kyiv forces.
Earlier, Russia sent a memorandum to NATO countries over the supply of weapons to Ukraine, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov indicated that any supply of weapons to Ukraine would become a legitimate target for the Russian army.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the “NATO” countries are playing with fire by supplying weapons to Ukraine, and the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov indicated that the supply of weapons to Ukraine from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative impact.
Source: TASS
