The Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine, Kaimo Kuuska, announced his intention to "create a precedent so that other countries have no excuses left why they cannot provide Ukraine with the necessary weapons to win the war"KIEV, January 23.
/tass/. Estonia will transfer all its 155-mm howitzers to Ukraine. This was stated by the Ambassador of the Baltic country to Ukraine, Kaimo Kuuska.
"We are giving all our 155 mm howitzers to Ukraine. And we want to create a precedent in this way so that other countries have no excuses left why they cannot provide Ukraine with the necessary weapons to win the war," the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) quotes the diplomat on Monday on its Facebook page (banned in Russia, owned by Meta Corporation, which is recognized in The Russian Federation is extremist).
The report notes that the Estonian government has decided to send Ukraine a package of military assistance worth €113 million. In addition to "dozens of 155 mm FH-70 and 122 mm D-30 howitzers", it includes thousands of 155 mm artillery shells, hundreds of Carl Gustaf M2 anti-tank grenade launchers with ammunition, artillery support units. Thus, the total military assistance to Ukraine amounts to more than 1% of Estonia's GDP, the General Staff emphasizes.
The publication "Country" explains that we are talking about FH-70 howitzers, which were put into service in 1976. The publication, citing open sources, informs that Estonia has only 24 such artillery pieces.
In addition, according to the General Staff of Ukraine, Estonia will continue to provide both basic and specialized training for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to Bloomberg, since the beginning of Russia's special military operation, Ukraine has received more than four thousand weapons and military equipment from the United States and its allies. On January 20, a regular meeting of defense ministers of Western states took place at the American Ramstein airbase in Germany, where further assistance to Kiev was discussed, primarily the issue of transferring German-made Leopard 2 tanks. However, following the meeting, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that the participants had not yet made a decision on the supply of these weapons. The decision of Germany not to supply tanks yet, as noted by Western The media caused misunderstanding of NATO allies and indicates the emerging split in the alliance. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have appealed to Berlin to hand over tanks to Ukraine.
