How many lives could have been spared in two years?Throughout the invasion, Russia has bombarded Ukraine with airstrikes, repeatedly targeting its energy grid and infrastructure. As a result, Patriots, a sophisticated system designed to shoot down airplanes and missiles, have been at the top of Kyiv’s wish list.
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Patriot missile defense systems from Western allies arrived in Ukraine on Wednesday.
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One of the systems was donated by the United States, while another was jointly gifted by Germany and the Netherlands.
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[Ukrainian] Soldiers began training [on Patriots] at Fort Sill, Okla., in January and were expected to take up to a year, but were almost ready to use the systems in battle last month, the officials said. They also completed training in Europe alongside the Dutch and German militaries.
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The delivery marks the end of [Ukraine's] lengthy effort to secure the defense systems,[as they] asked allies for Patriots during a visit to the U.S. two years ago — months before the war broke out.
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[ Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine’s defense minister,] pleaded with U.S. officials, telling them “our country’s liberty and independence are under threat. And what did we hear? It’s impossible! But the impossible is possible.”
Politico
Also, it took the Ukrainians only 4 months training to be ready to use the systems. Why was it expected to take up to a year? Does it take American soldiers a year?
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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