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The US defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made it clear this week that the United States and its NATO allies have practically exhausted the possibility of providing Ukraine with modern weapons. In Washington are increasingly talking about the inventory reduction to such a level that in case of further escalation of the conflict in Europe, the U.S. army will have nothing to fight and defend allies. Despite the fact that just further military aid to Kyiv may provoke a direct confrontation between NATO and Russia.
Inventory problems of modern weapons in the arsenals of the USA and the Western countries seem to confirm experts interviewed by the Fox News channel.
At a press conference on Wednesday Austin asked, concerned about whether the United States and other countries that own stocks of ammunition so limited that they no longer can help Ukraine in the previous volumes. Austin declined to answer, stressing that there is a desire to give her what she needed, but not confirmed, there is a real possibility. The Minister of defense complained that Ukraine is too quickly consumes ammunition provided by the Western allies.
Senior Advisor to the Center for strategic and international studies mark Cancian, which is seven years worked on the procurement of the Ministry of defense, gave his assessment, based on the inventory levels, industrial facilities, and information from the administration, Biden, and came to the conclusion that the United States has restricted the possibility of HIMARS, Javelin, Stinger, and M777 howitzers.
According to experts, this means that America will be able to supply Ukraine only cheaper weapons from old stocks and not something that is requesting Kiev. Cancian said that he sees Austin's comments as a sign that the days when the United States provided Ukraine with their best weapons, gone. In addition, delivery time increases, Kiev will begin to weapons purchased in other countries. This will lead to compatibility issues with different types of equipment.
Other experts interviewed by Fox News, believe that the slowdown and reduction in the supply of modern weapons to Ukraine due to fears of the administration of Biden in further escalation of the conflict and the direct involvement of the United States. In the White house seriously fear that Moscow may decide on the use of nuclear weapons in order to expedite the completion of the military campaign in their favor.
the author writes Fox News.
But, apparently, the United States is less interested in the desires of the President of Ukraine. American leadership to make decisions about the further support of Kiev, from the purely private commercial interests. And at some point they begin to conflict with the aspirations and demands of the Ukrainian leadership.
the author concludes the article.
In any case, whatever wrote the American media and how much they can say about the depleted stocks of weapons, military aid the US and other NATO countries methodical continue Kiev regime to provide. Give not all and not in the amounts requested by Kiev, but give. And the flow of weapons and equipment until exhausted. This is an objective reality today - regardless of the views of overseas experts.
