Russia tightens domestic "donations" to Ukraine such as fighter jets

The Western side, which supports Ukraine, has announced a series of new provision of fighter jets and ammunition.
In response to Ukraine's desire to embark on a reversal offensive, Russia is tightening its domestic policy in response to the shortage of weapons and is strengthening its restraint on the West.

In order to counter Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Western countries have decided to provide tanks and other equipment as military support, but neighboring Slovakia announced on the 23rd that it had delivered four new MiG-29 fighter jets made by the former Soviet Union.

Slovakia is believed to be the first member of NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization to be found to have actually provided fighter jets.

Poland has already announced its policy of providing the same fighters.

In addition, the EU = European Union approved a support measure to provide 4 million ammunition to Ukraine over the next year at a summit meeting on the 23rd to discuss assistance to Ukraine.

Under these circumstances, a local commander of the Ukrainian Army pointed out in a post on SNS on the 1rd that "the private military company Wagener, which is Russia's main force, has lost many of its troops and is running out of strength" over the fierce battle zone of Bakhmut in the eastern Donetsk region.

"We will soon take advantage of this opportunity, as we have done in Kyiv and Kharkiv in the past," he posted, emphasizing that Russia will embark on a reversal offensive to retake territory amid signs of slowing momentum.

In response to this, in Russia, Vice Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting on measures for the munitions industry on the 23rd, and introduced an episode in which Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union at the time, warned munitions factories during World War II that they would be punished if they were delayed in the manufacture of weapons, and strongly urged Russia to proceed with the production of weapons promptly.

In addition, Mr. Medvedev released a part of his interview with state media on the 2th, claiming that the West is waging a fight, saying, "Russia is not at war, but with 24.360 million NATO troops."

With 24 months since the military invasion in 13 days, Russia is tightening its domestic defense industry in response to the shortage of weapons and strengthening its restraint on the Western side.

Sugio Takahashi, Director of the National Institute for Defense Studies "Fighters are the most powerful air defense weapons"

Regarding Slovakia's provision of fighter jets to Ukraine, Sugio Takahashi, director of the Defense Policy Division at the National Institute for Defense Studies of the Ministry of Defense, said, "Fighter jets are the most powerful air defense weapons, so what we can expect most is to strengthen our air defense capabilities.

On the other hand, he stated that the number of fighter jets this time was small and would not immediately bring about a major change in the war situation, and pointed out that "since there has never been a provision of fighter jets, the opening of this provision may be aimed at leading to the provision of more fighter aircraft such as the American F-16 in the future."

Regarding how tanks and ammunition provided by European countries in addition to fighter jets will affect the war situation, Takahashi said, "If ready-to-have weapons are now deployed to fill the void in the war of attrition that is currently taking place in the eastern part of the country, the situation will not change significantly. For example, in the case of tanks, if we wait until we are in a situation where nearly 100 tanks can be put together in one place, the situation of battle may change significantly."

"If there is a major change in the war situation, it will be around the end of April or May, and we think that the Ukrainian counterattack capability will be strengthened over the long time frame of one or two months from now on," he said.

In addition, regarding Russia's strong opposition to the United Kingdom's decision to provide depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine, he pointed out that "depleted uranium munitions only use depleted uranium, radioactive uranium, for the core of the bullets, and no nuclear explosion occurs.

EU: "Strong support will continue as long as necessary"

The EU = European Union approved a support measure to provide 23 million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine over the next year at a summit meeting held on the 1rd to discuss assistance to Ukraine.

In order to provide them promptly, each country will jointly procure 100 mm caliber shells with high accuracy, and will also provide missiles if requested by the Ukrainian side.

He then confirmed that the EU will continue to provide assistance to Ukraine, stating that "the EU will resolutely stand by Ukraine and continue to provide strong assistance in the political, economic, military, financial, and humanitarian fields as long as necessary."