At a time when the Russian army is preparing to launch a major attack on the Ukrainian Donbass region, Kyiv is appealing to Western countries to hand over weapons to confront it, so what did you get?

And what is its importance?

In a report on the subject by its writer Amaury Quotance Pervencker, the French newspaper "Le Figaro" says that European foreign ministers agreed in Luxembourg last Monday to increase arms shipments to Ukraine, while the German head of diplomacy, Annalena Barbock, stressed that "the security of Ukrainians cannot be achieved." It is only defended with weapons.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also told the Ukrainian president that the European Union would allocate 500 million euros of weapons to Kiev, without specifying the type of those weapons.

While the Russian military is concentrating its efforts in the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to the European Union, saying, "We need weapons that some of our partners in the union possess."

Although the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) intends to provide significant support to Ukraine, he believes - according to what the author quoted him - that it is better not to specify the nature of the weapons that will be provided.

This coincides, according to the writer, with the warning of the soldiers of the 36th Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy besieged in the city of Mariupol that their ammunition is running out, and that the battle they are fighting today may be the last, and after that they will have nothing but death or surrender.

The writer says that what Kyiv needs in the new Donbass battle more than others are tanks, noting that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to send 120 armored vehicles and anti-ship missiles, in addition to Star Srik anti-aircraft missiles and 800 anti-tank missiles, along with dedicated drones. For "precision strikes" against the Russian army.


The writer comments on this by saying that these anti-ship missiles are increasingly needed in the defense of a port such as the port of Odessa.

As for anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles, their use in ordinary and highly urban areas such as the Donbass would slow the progress of the Russian army.

"Almost a second war will begin in Ukraine," warns Joseph Henroten, editor-in-chief of DSI magazine, which deals with international defense and security issues. The United States sent Ukraine - for example - Stinger missiles, which are anti-aircraft missiles with a high combat capability.

Australia also provided Kiev with Bushmaster armored personnel carriers, Slovakia and the Czech Republic offered to repair the remaining Russian vehicles on the battlefield, and Prague even delivered to Kiev T-72 tanks and BV armored vehicles. BVB was taken from its own stockpile, and Bratislava, in exchange for the US Patriot missile systems, delivered Soviet-made S-300 air defense systems already in use by the Ukrainians.

So far, the newspaper says, the weapons delivered to Kiev are mainly "defensive" weapons that do not give Ukraine the ability to launch major counterattacks and liberate the occupied territories.

But Ukraine wants weapons that will enable it to counterattack the Russians to recover the areas they have occupied. “I came to ask for three things: weapons, weapons and weapons (...) when he was in Brussels last Thursday, addressing NATO,” Ukraine’s diplomatic chief Dmytro Kuleba said, addressing NATO. into aircraft, armored vehicles, and air defense.

These weapons, according to the newspaper, will already make it possible for the Ukrainians to launch a counterattack to drive out the Russians.

And Le Figaro concludes by saying that, after the retreat of his forces in northern Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin will seek to achieve a victory for what he presents to the Russian people on the ninth of next May, which coincides with the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, and perhaps the "liberation" of Donbass is that expected victory. .