kyiv makes no difference in combat even with the Pentagon’s best arsenal, Washington admits
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Thursday, November 21, 2024, p. 20
Arlington. U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan urged Ukraine to step up its mobilization efforts in the face of personnel shortages facing kyiv, acknowledging that U.S.-provided advanced weapons systems have had little impact on the battlefield.
In interview with PBS News HourSullivan admitted that Washington’s more advanced military equipment has made no difference on the battlefield. “We have provided tanks, F-16, Himars, Patriotsbut there is no single weapon system that makes a difference in battle.
Ukraine needs to do more to reinforce its lines in terms of the number of forces it has on the fronthe added.
In Brasilia, the president of China, Xi Jinping, called for a political solution to this conflict, after meeting in Brasilia with his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Both nations issued common understandings on a political resolution and created the friends of peace club, together with the other countries of the Global South, in order to address the crisis in Ukraine; we must gather more voices that advocate for peace and seek to make a political solution viabledeclared Xi, who emphasized that There is no simple solution to a complex issue..
More artillery from Germany
Meanwhile, Germany delivered 47 armored vehicles, more than 300 surveillance drones and 41,000 155-millimeter artillery munitions to Ukraine last month, the government of Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced.
According to the updated list, supplies over the past month also included seven M109 artillery pieces, four howitzers PzH 2000as well as ammunition for infantry fighting vehicles.
A spokesman for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his office would not comment on operational matters in Ukraine, while his defense secretary, John Healey, said they were redoubling support for kyiv.
In a speech to the House of Commons following reports of the use of missiles Storm Shadow by Ukraine to attack Kursk, Healey did not deny that the missiles had been used and added that he could not go into more details.
For his part, independent Senator Bernie Sanders and a small group of Democrats are promoting an effort in the US Senate to block the sale of certain weapons to Israel to be used in its war in the Gaza Strip due to the increasing number of civilian deaths in the area.
Meanwhile, Sweden and Finland, which recently abandoned neutrality and joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, distributed updated guides with instructions to civilians on how to survive in a war, explaining how to respond to an attack with nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.