Washington, according to the NYT, is ready to indirectly supply tanks to Ukraine. Contacts would already be underway to encourage what is to come called an arms transfer because it is not American systems.
The United States, in fact, will shop in the immense Eastern European market, where they can find material compatible with that already in possession of the Ukrainians. From Poland the Soviet-designed T-72 tanks and the Pt-91s. The Slovaks undertook to send the S-300 anti-aircraft systems, but first they want the Patriots in return. From Bulgaria, Romania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia could arrive other T72 tankers, but also cannons and ammunition.
Australia has instead announced that it will make available to the bushmaster bus which should be of higher quality, while London will ship similar vehicles e self-propelled artillery As-90 Braveheart. But the real leap in quality, in the current Kiev counter-offensive, was given by the supply of British missiles STAR Streak. They are short-range weapons (maximum range of 7 kilometers) that can be launched from shoulder-mounted devices, tripods, multiple launchers and vehicles. They are triple warhead (very difficult to fool with countermeasures such as flares) designed primarily to destroy aircraft, helicopters and drones, but can also be effective against ground vehicles. Their main feature is the extreme speed, between Mach 3 and Mach 4.
Missiles STAR Streak
For the British Army, Royal Marines and numerous global defense customers, Thales' STARStreak Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD) high-speed missile is a defensive capability that creates a lot of deterrence.
STARStreak is a short-range, portable air defense system manufactured by Thales in the UK and is optimized to provide defense against airborne threats, including fixed-wing Fighter Ground Attack aircraft and attack helicopters.
STARStreak multi-mission remote weapon systems can be mounted on armored or protected vehicles for mobility to support division, brigade and battle group level maneuvers or can be deployed in both shoulder (SL) and launcher configurations light multiple (LML) suitable for assault forces.
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"On the territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk oblasts, in Donbass Ukraine"repelled six enemy attacks, destroyed four tanks, six units of armored vehicles and seven units of enemy vehicles ". This was stated by the Ukrainian military leaders in a post on Facebook, reported by the BBC.
Kuleba: "Italy to send more weapons"
"We expect from Italy the weapons necessary to defend us and we are happy that it has assumed the role of leading country in the effort to get us into Europe as a full member ": this was stated by the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro kuleba, in an interview with Corriere della Sera in which he warned that "we are in the middle of the war, the worst is yet to come". "Ukraine has won the battle for Kiev, but the battle for Donbass and in the South is about to begin and it will be terrible, devastating, among other things the destruction of Mariupol proves it.", has explained, "we are ready, we will not back down and we hope for your support ". For the head of diplomacy in Kiev, the Italian choice to act as guarantor of Ukrainian security "in the arrangements possibly born from the peace process it is a sign of great friendship and seriousness'". "We know that in Italy there are forces close to Putin: I would like to say that this is immoral, illegal and politically losing", he added, "whoever is with Putin supports war crimes. On the issue of guarantees, however, I would like to reassure the Italians: you can find ways in which guarantees do not automatically involve your direct military involvement.". Speaking of a possible visit by Pope Francis to Ukraine, Kuleba expressed a certainty: "As a Christian I firmly believe that God would greatly appreciate the Pope's visit to Kiev and we would welcome him with open arms ”. "Here many Christians are dying, even many Catholics who fight alongside us, and he certainly could bring them comfort", he added. The Pope's visit "We had been preparing it well before the outbreak of the war on February 24th and now it becomes even more important ".