by Dave DeCamp at AntiWar via ZeroHedge
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov on Tuesday openly offered Ukraine as a venue to test NATO weapons against Russia in an online conversation with the director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center.
Reznikov said that Ukraine “is essentially a testing ground” for the advanced weaponry the US and its allies are pouring into the country. “Many weapons are now getting tested in the field in the real conditions of the battle against the Russian Army, which has plenty of modern systems of its own,” he said.
“I believe that we will receive long-range weapons from our partners sooner or later,” says Ukrainian Defense Minister @oleksiireznikov. 🇺🇦
He adds that giving #Ukraine Stinger missiles was once viewed as impossible.
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— Atlantic Council (@AtlanticCouncil) July 19, 2022
The Ukrainian military chief made the offer in a fresh pitch for more Western arms. “We are interested in testing modern systems in the fight against the enemy and we are inviting arms manufacturers to test the new products here,” he said.
One weapons system that is getting its first use on the battlefield in Ukraine is…
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