Podoliak voiced Ukraine's needs for weapons "parity" with Russia
OLENA ROSHCHINA — MONDAY, 13 JUNE 2022, 11:20 AM
Mykhailo Podolyak, the adviser to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said that Ukraine needs one thousand 155 mm howitzers, three hundred multiple rocket launch systems, half a thousand tanks, two thousand armoured vehicles and a thousand drones.
Source: Mykhailo Podolyak on Twitter
Quote: "Telling it straight. To end the war and expel Russia from Ukraine, we need heavy weapons parity: 1000 155-mm-calibre howitzers; 300 MLRS; 500 tanks; 2000 armoured vehicles; 1000 drones.
The Contact Group of Defence Ministers are holding a meeting in Brussels on June 15. We await a decision."
Being straightforward – to end the war we need heavy weapons parity:
— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) June 13, 2022
1000 howitzers caliber 155 mm;
300 MLRS;
500 tanks;
2000 armored vehicles;
1000 drones.
Contact Group of Defense Ministers meeting is held in #Brussels on June 15. We are waiting for a decision.
Note: A meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine's Defence (the so-called "Ramstein-3") is to be held in Brussels.
Ukraine also received an invitation to take part in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of defence ministers, which will take place on 15-16 June in Brussels.
On 9 June, Oleksii Reznikov, the Minister of Defence of Ukraine, reported on what weapons Ukraine has already received and what weapons it would like to receive.
See also: From Javelins to HIMARS. Evolution of Western weapons supplies during the war in Ukraine
