The arrival of the "S-300" in Ukraine raises the possibility of confrontation between Russia and NATO

In what appears to be a dangerous Atlantic escalation, according to military experts, and ignoring Russian warnings in this regard, Slovakia announced the transfer of the "S-300" air defense system to Ukraine, stressing that the missile system is already there, and that it was transferred in complete secrecy during the past two days.

"This is a responsible decision by which the Slovak Republic, as a country that supports peace, freedom and the protection of human rights, has provided assistance to Ukraine in defense. We believe that this system will help save as many innocent Ukrainians as possible," said Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger.

He added that the transfer of the S-300 air defense system to Ukraine "does not mean that Slovakia will become part of the armed conflict there."

While there has not yet been any Russian comment on the matter.

Following the sudden Slovakian announcement, US President Joe Biden thanked Slovakia for taking this step, and this will be followed by an announcement by the US Secretary of Defense, that Washington will "place the Patriot air defense system in Slovakia."

Military observers and experts consider this step as "a sign of fear of the reaction of Moscow, which may consider this Slovak declaration as an act of war against it."

Observers fear that this Slovakian step, which was blessed by the United States, "will ignite a broader conflict in Eastern Europe, and spread the Ukrainian fire in a wildfire area, which has traditionally been a Russian-Atlantic line of contact."

They also considered that "Russia's targeting of Slovakia will mean the entry of NATO into the war, which has always stressed that it will intervene militarily against Russia, whenever Moscow attacks one of its member countries."

And to talk about what is happening, and the possibilities of expanding the scope of the confrontation outside Ukraine between Russia and NATO, the head of the Saqr Center for Studies, Muhannad Al-Azzawi, told Sky News Arabia: “Militarily, the S-300 surface-to-air missiles are an effective system for protecting strategic sites from bombing.” However, in light of the development of modern air defense systems and technologies and the manufacture of the S-500 system, the awarded weapon is considered a third-generation weapon.”

He continued, "This weapon is of limited effect and effectiveness, in light of the diversity of the means of air attack and the use of hypersonic weapons and drones, and we do not forget that this third generation is already available in the arsenal of the Ukrainian army, and it did not succeed in limiting Russian attacks."

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