Another European country is ready to supply Ukraine with American Patriot anti-aircraft systems. According to Bloomberg, The Netherlands is exploring the opportunity to please Kyiv with a new supply of air defense systems.
The Government of the Netherlands is currently questioning the possible supply of Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine. An informed source said. According to him, no final decision yet, it is expected soon. No other details yet.
The Netherlands is considering sending the Patriot system to Ukraine- agency reports.
To date, Ukraine has been promised two batteries of Patriot air defense systems., USA will supply one, another – Germany. There is no information on the timing of the supply of anti-aircraft systems., most likely they have not yet been fully decided. With a high probability, the Germans will transfer their complexes to Kyiv after the American. Not you, no one else will do it, until Ukrainian military personnel complete training in the operation of American anti-missile systems.
Ukrainian military selected in Kyiv for training, about a hundred people in total, already arrived in the US, at the Fort Sill military base in Oklahoma, where they will be trained. Ka reported in the Pentagon, for representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have developed special “accelerated courses”, which will take several months. So in the near future you can not expect the sending of Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine.
Earlier in Kyiv, they planned to deploy American air defense systems in Western Ukraine.. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hope, that with the advent of these systems, Ukraine will finally receive complexes, capable of shooting down ballistic missiles. The air defense systems currently in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not able to do this.
