Fifteen countries decided to provide Ukraine with anti-aircraft missiles, and eight countries decided to provide drones.
February 15, **iaPro** reported that at the Ramstein meeting, which was dedicated to supporting Ukraine, the participating countries discussed and decided to provide further military assistance to Ukraine. The Ukrainian delegates reported to Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustym Umerov that the most important outcome of the negotiations was the agreement to establish an air and missile defense alliance. Fifteen countries are part of the coalition and will provide Ukraine with anti-aircraft missile systems and related ammunition, and eight countries have joined the drone coalition.
Russia has been fighting with Ukraine for almost two years, and in recent times, because of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Western countries led by the United States have weakened their aid to Ukraine, resulting in a tight front line in Ukraine, and the Russian army has taken the opportunity to increase its offensive efforts. 23 countries have joined forces to support Ukraine with anti-aircraft missiles and drones, which is a blatant confrontation with Russia, and it can also multiply Ukraine's strength.
As Ukrainian Defense Minister Umerov said, the meeting was fruitful and can effectively strengthen Ukraine's defense capability. In particular, the missile and drone alliance can be said to pose a serious threat to Russia, because recently the Armed Forces of Ukraine have often used missiles and drones or unmanned attack boats to frequently attack the Russian army and the territory of Russia.
On the 15th alone, Russian air defense systems destroyed 63 incoming Ukrainian drones and 3 Seahorse rockets in Donetsk, Kherson Oblast and Zaporizhzhia. On February 15, the governor of Russia's Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that Ukrainian missiles launched an attack on Belgorod, killing seven people, including a child, and injuring 18 others. On December 30, the Ukrainian army also attacked Belgorod Oblast, killing 24 people and wounding 108.
At the moment, it is not clear how many missiles and drones these 23 countries are ready to send to Ukraine. On February 14, a statement released by the Pentagon press department showed that since Russia launched its special military operation against Ukraine in February 2022, a coalition of 50 countries around the world, led by the United States, has provided more than $85 billion in military assistance to Ukraine. On February 13, the U.S. Senate voted in favor of a bill to allocate about $60 billion for Ukraine.
The Patriot missiles aided by the United States have caused heavy losses to the Russian army. On January 24, an Il-76 transport plane of the Russian army, which was carrying out a prisoner exchange mission with Ukraine, was shot down by the Ukrainian army over Belgorod, killing all 65 Ukrainian captured soldiers, 6 crew members, and 3 personnel of the Russian Ministry of Defense on board. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are using Patriot anti-aircraft missiles supplied by the United States.
Twenty-three countries have joined forces to fight Russia, and although they have provided support to Ukraine in terms of momentum, they may not be able to really change the tide of the war. On February 13, the Russian Satellite News Agency reported that American journalist Tucker Carlson, who had just finished interviewing Russia's ** Putin, said that even with hundreds of billions of dollars of Western support, the Ukrainian military will not be able to drive the Russian army out of the eastern regions of Ukraine, let alone defeat Russia on the battlefield, and the continued support of Western countries for Kyiv will cause "more Ukrainian deaths" and "further degradation of the Western economy".