Ukraine is asking the West to provide it with “assault weapons” if you don’t want to see our dead children in your dreams

Andrei Germak said: “Our armed forces and civilians are incredibly brave, but we cannot win a war without offensive weapons, without medium-range missiles, which can serve as a deterrent.” According to the Prime Minister, Ukraine can only defend itself with a new power’Lending and Leasing‘-program. By this he refers to the armament program established by the United States at the beginning of World War II, to help allied countries militarily.

“It is impossible to defend oneself efficiently for long periods of time without a reliable anti-aircraft defense system capable of shooting down enemy long-range missiles,” Germak said. “But they don’t give us that,” he lamented. “Just like they don’t give us planes.” The West systematically rejects this request. They do not want to intervene militarily in Ukraine so as not to expand the conflict with Russia. “Fear of escalation is understandable, but it doesn’t help,” the chief of staff said.

Mikhail Podoljak, another adviser to President Zelensky, noted on Twitter, lamenting Ukraine “if you don’t want to see our dead children or burning Mariupol in your dreams”: modern anti-aircraft defense if the West can’t close the airspace, cruise missiles or rocket-propelled grenades Heavy duty, strict oil embargo, and ports around the world closed to Russian ships.

NATO summit Thursday

An extraordinary NATO summit was held on Thursday. The G7 and EU summit will also be held in Brussels. The focus of the talks is the topic of military assistance to Kiev, such as anti-aircraft defense systems needed to counter Russian air dominance. US President Joe Biden will attend the three meetings. He has already announced that the West will adopt new sanctions against Russia and escalate existing ones.

The situation on the ground is very difficult in many Ukrainian cities, especially the port city of Mariupol in the southeast of the country. That city is besieged by Russian forces, where about 100,000 people are still trapped, according to Zelensky.