Ukraine’s Allies Pledge 30,000 drones but zelensky wants western soldiers
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Ukraine’s Allies Pledge 30,000 drones but zelensky want soldiers |
United states secretary of state antony blinken added that more than 50 countries came together to make sure ukraine has what it needs to defend itself against russian aggression nato secretary general mark rutte joined military and political leaders from 50 countries to discuss ukraines battlefield needs 30000 drones for ukraine in a meeting held in ramstein uk defence secretary john healey announced that the coalition comprising britain denmark the netherlands latvia and sweden was to grant ukraine 30000 advanced drones that were capable of breaching through russias air defense systems to destroy positions of the enemy forces and their armor these would carry the capability of virtual reality when their operators see real visuals on board a drone in real time german defense minister boris pistorius promised the supply of about 50 guided missiles and six iris-t missile defense systems to ukraine before the end of 2025 the pentagon estimated that germany is likely to deliver 680 million in military aid to ukraine before the end of this year since the outbreak of the war in february 2022 the united states has provided more than 65 billion in military aid to ukraine while germany has contributed about 29 billion the second-highest amount from any donor western troops in ukraine during the meeting president zelensky said sending allied troops to ukraine could force russia to negotiate peace adding that such a move would be one of the most powerful means to end the war he also asked for allies assistance in the production of combat drones within ukraine western countries have not changed their minds about sending troops into ukraine russia has repeatedly threatened that such moves or even membership of ukraine into nato would further raise the conflict no quick end to the war meanwhile dmitry medvedev deputy chairman of russias security council seemed skeptical of any quick end to the war he said the hopes of us president-elect donald trump for a quick victory in the war would not come true medvedev further said the us economy would continue to suffer and its immigration problem would persist meanwhile the russian army has increased its gains in the donetsk and zaporizhia regions of eastern and southeastern ukraine as the fighting has dragged on moscow insists any peace talks include the recognition of territories annexed during the war.