I should've mentioned that the US and UK stockpiles of weapons are depleted. Ukraine won't be getting much in the near future, so the aid package won't stop the bleeding anytime soon. In the meantime Russia is producing massive amounts of weapons.
UK weapon stockpiles ‘threadbare’ after arming Ukraine
The West has depleted its supplies in the war effort and must develop a new strategy to keep equipment flowing, says the armed forces minister
Larisa Brown
, Defence Editor |
George Grylls
, Defence Correspondent |
Aubrey Allegretti
, Chief Political Correspondent, in New York
Wednesday September 25 2024, 6.22pm BST, The Times
The UK has sent 14 Challenger 2 tanks, which were valued at £17 million
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Western allies have almost nothing left in their stockpiles to hand over to Ukraine after more than two and a half years of fighting, the armed forces minister has said.
Before crucial talks on the war at the United Nations headquarters in New York, Luke Pollard said the focus needed to be on ramping up weapons production between the West and Ukraine as part of a longer-term strategy that would keep a reliable supply of equipment heading to the country.
Speaking at a fringe event at the Labour conference, Pollard said: “I think most western nations have gifted most of the deployable resources they have … so we are seeing a greater trading relationship being formed.”
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