China News Service, October 12 (Reporter Meng Xiangjun) As the air defense alarm sounded several times, from October 10 to 11 local time, Russia launched multiple missile strikes on military targets in Ukraine for two consecutive days.

　　The situation has escalated rapidly, and NATO countries have expressed their support for reinforcements, but at the same time, many countries have found that their own weapons stocks are in a hurry, and it may take several years to replenish the stocks...

[The weakness of Wu is exposed, and the priority of reinforcements is determined]

　　With the recent attack on the Crimea Bridge, Russia's retaliation is quite strong.

Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed out that Russia has carried out large-scale high-precision long-range strikes on Ukrainian land, sea and air energy, military command and communication facilities.

On October 10, 2022 local time, multiple explosions occurred in the center of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.

The picture shows that the explosion in the center of Kyiv caused the car to burn.

　　Putin warned that Moscow would respond harshly if Kyiv continued to carry out "terrorist attacks" against Russia.

　　Russian military science doctor Sivkov told the Russian Satellite News Agency that although the scale of the Russian military strike was large, it was still demonstrative and warning.

Moscow wants Kyiv to understand that if the other side increases the stakes, Russia's next step is to launch missiles at Ukrainian decision-making centers.

　　The British "Financial Times" quoted opinion analysis, from the Russian strike action, it can be found that the lack of air defense system is one of Kyiv's main weaknesses.

This will increasingly force it to choose between deploying scarce air defenses to protect civilians, or using them to advance a counteroffensive.

Data map: US President Biden.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong

　　On the 11th local time, U.S. President Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Zelensky and promised to deliver "everything needed to defend the country" to Ukraine, including "advanced air defense systems."

Zelensky later posted that the "top priority" for U.S.-U.S. military cooperation is the air defense system.

　　On the other hand, at the recent EU informal summit in Prague, European leaders also agreed in principle to provide more funds for military aid to Ukraine.

So far, the EU has provided Ukraine with weapons worth 2.5 billion euros.

[Silently speed up the military aid, there are still reservations]

　　In terms of military aid to Ukraine, the United States has taken the biggest step forward.

Since February, the United States has provided Ukraine with more than $16.8 billion in security assistance.

At the end of September and early October, the Pentagon stated that it would provide Ukraine with advanced surface-to-air missile systems within two months, and Biden also signed a new aid bill of $12.4 billion to Ukraine.

　　According to U.S. government documents, in the first four months of 2022, the U.S. State Department has given a “green light” to U.S. $300 million in non-government funding for Uzbekistan.

By comparison, in fiscal 2021, the U.S. State Department approved only $15 million in such deals.

Data map: On February 10, local time, U.S. planes delivered military aid materials to Kyiv, Ukraine.

　　The US "New York Times" pointed out that after the situation in Ukraine changed, the Biden administration "quietly accelerated the approval speed of weapons, shortening the one-week approval process to a few hours".

The State Department has also accelerated the registration process for new arms suppliers.

　　The German government has also accelerated and decided to deliver a set of Iris-T SLM air defense systems to Ukraine, which has begun to be transported on the road, and three more sets will be delivered in 2023.

But at the same time, the German Ministry of Defense is also worried that the transported weapons may be intercepted and destroyed, and it also involves spending time training the Ukrainian army to use them.

　　In fact, the United States and Germany did not have any reservations about military aid to Ukraine.

　　Before Russia launched the attack, the US "Politico" website quoted a source as saying that "tanks are the most wanted weapon in Kyiv", especially the US M1 "Abrams" main battle tank and German "Cheetah" main battle tank.

But in the face of Ukraine's request, the United States and Germany are "delaying their response."

Data map: German "Leopard II" main battle tank.

　　Hodges, the former commander of the U.S. Army in Europe, pointed out that the M1 tank has high fuel consumption, requires operational training, and there are also problems with logistical transportation; another analyst said that the "Cheetah" tank is more similar in performance to the Soviet-made tank and consumes more fuel. Less, but Berlin has repeatedly rejected Kyiv.

　　In this regard, German Defense Minister Lambrecht explained that no country has supplied Ukraine with infantry fighting vehicles or Western-made battle tanks.

Germany has negotiated with its NATO allies not to "act unilaterally".

["The landlord's house has no food left"]

　　What about the weapons that have been sent to Ukraine?

In late September, the United States provided Ukraine with a high-mobility artillery rocket system "HIMARS", and currently there are 16 sets of launchers for this system.

　　However, Cansian, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies who has participated in the U.S. government’s arms procurement, said that after the United States sent the”Haimas” stockpiles of ammunition originally used to deal with unexpected threats to Ukraine, it may be used up in a few months. "There is no substitute".

A U.S. Defense Department official also pointed out in late August that the U.S. military’s 155mm combat ammunition stockpiles had fallen to “disturbing” levels.

Data map: "Haimas" high-mobility multiple rocket launcher system.

　　Bloomberg reported that some NATO members supplying weapons to Ukraine are in short supply, and they have asked arms companies to speed up production increases, on the one hand to “help Ukraine” and on the other hand to replenish their own inventories to deal with “increased tensions.”

　　NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg recently called on NATO member states to continue replenishing their weapons reserves as soon as possible.

However, Cancian believes that it will take "several years" for inventories to return to pre-Ukrainian levels.

　　Even the "landlord" of the United States has no "surplus food", and some countries are even more "retreat".

At the end of September, New Zealand Defense Minister Enare said that Ukraine's demand for military support is inconsistent with New Zealand's defense industry capabilities. "New Zealand does not have what Ukraine wants."

The US and Europe do not have enough weapons to send to Ukraine.

Image source: Screenshot of the NBC report

　　As a major non-NATO ally of the United States, so far, New Zealand's equipment to Ukraine includes 1,066 bulletproof vests, 473 helmets, 571 camouflage vests, and 21.1 million New Zealand dollars in funding.

　　With the approaching winter, the 200,000 sets of cold-proof field tents and warm winter clothing required by the Ukrainian army cannot be delivered by NATO countries in sufficient quantities...

　　On the 11th, Russia's ambassador to the United States, Antonov, said that the United States and its allies continued to send weapons to Kyiv and were "touching a red line".

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov hopes that the United States and its allies will realize the danger of an out-of-control escalation of the situation, and warned that Russia may be forced to counteract, "including unequal measures."

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