The United States and its allies intend to allocate more than a billion dollars to Ukraine to strengthen air defense

The United States and its allies intend to spend more than $1 billion to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense systems, according to a joint statement by Washington and its partners published on July 9.

The United States, as well as Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania and Ukraine, said in a joint written statement that their partners would allocate more than $1 billion (88 billion rubles) to kyiv, according to a White House statement.

The authors of the document thanked the coalition of more than 50 countries that continues to provide military support to Ukraine. They also welcomed NATO’s work to create a unified and integrated air defense system architecture in the Alliance.

In the coming months, the United States and its partners will transfer dozens of tactical air defense systems (TAD) and five additional strategic air defense systems to Ukraine, US President Joe Biden said at the NATO summit in Washington.

Meanwhile, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg acknowledged that the Ukrainian conflict has revealed significant gaps in the combat readiness and compatibility of NATO’s own forces. In particular, it turned out that the alliance’s reserves and production capabilities were too small.

Source: Rossa Primavera