Lithuania promised to train the Armed Forces of Ukraine to handle Western weapons

In Lithuania, the Ukrainian military will be trained in handling Western weapons and equipment, this will be done for "maximum effect." The Kremlin has previously assured that Western weapons in Ukraine are not enough,

Lithuania intends to organize training for Ukrainian military instructors in the near future on the use of Western military equipment and weapons. This was stated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Valdemaras Rupshis at a joint press conference with the HEAD of the US Army Staff , General James McConville, Vakarų ekspresas reports.

“We are ready to train their instructors to prepare them to work with the equipment that we own, with the equipment, equipment and weapons that we also know, these trainings are necessary to carry out their operations in Ukraine,” Rushpis said.

The military noted that the decision to train Ukrainian instructors was made to "achieve the maximum effect [from the supply of weapons]".

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At the same time, the Lithuanian commander-in-chief continued, Vilnius needs to increase the combat power of its own army, conduct exercises and share experience with the allies. According to him, Washington supports the idea of ​​creating permanent US military bases on the eastern flank of the alliance, including in Lithuania.

“We are grateful for this position, we are already making efforts to create suitable conditions for such a deployment of US troops,” the Lithuanian commander in chief said.

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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly appealed to Western countries with a request to increase military support for Kyiv. In early April, he called on the United States to transfer missiles and aircraft to Ukraine. “Give them to me. Give me something with which I could protect my country,” Zelensky said.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken a day later assured that Washington was working with its allies to ensure that Kyiv received the necessary weapons that could be used "immediately." The European Union will soon convene a military committee to discuss arms supplies to Ukraine, Josep Borrell, head of European diplomacy, said in mid-April. “We, the EU member states, must provide Ukraine with what it needs,” he said.

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The Russian side is critical of the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned that any shipments that Moscow considers foreign arms supplies to Kyiv would be a "legitimate target" for it. “We are conducting an operation whose purpose is to eliminate any threat against Russia that comes from Ukrainian territory,” he stressed. In the Russian embassy in the United States, the supply of weapons to Ukraine is considered "pumping". “The militarization of Ukraine directly threatens European and global security,” said Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov.

The Kremlin is confident that Western weapons are not capable of influencing the course of the military operation of Russian forces in Ukraine. “These weapons are not enough to stop our offensive, and they will not prevent us from achieving our goals,” Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Russian president, assured. At the same time, he noted, due to the presence of foreign weapons in Ukraine, there is "resistance and material damage."