29 march, 2024
The Polish Ministry of Defense said that as of now, the armored coalition to support Ukraine includes 15 countries
The ministry announced this in response to a request from Ukrinform.
Warsaw initiated the ‘armored vehicle coalition’ in January within the framework of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (so-called Ramstein format), which includes almost 50 participants.
“The purpose of these actions is to ensure the proper scale, pace and closer coordination of military support provided to Ukraine in the field of armored and mechanized vehicles,” the Polish Ministry of Defense said.
As part of the efforts to create this coalition, a number of meetings were held and agreements were reached with allies who plan to further support Ukraine in this area.
“As a result, Germany and Italy declared their support for Poland by co-chairing the coalition, and 12 other countries joined its work, including, of course, Ukraine,” the Polish defense ministry said.
They reminded that a few days ago, a coordination conference of the armored vehicles coalition was held in Warsaw, during which its work was launched.
“Further actions of the coalition are planned (coordination of support for the provision of equipment and ammunition, training, repair, force structure and operational use) in the short and long term,” the ministry summed up.
- On March 19, it was reported that Poland and Germany would create a coalition of armored vehicles to support Ukraine.
Coordination of armored cars deliveries is reasonable, but let’s hope that this coalition doesn’t get bogged down in national vanities and bureaucratic brouhaha. The goal needs to be to support Ukraine with a reliable supply of weapons the AFU really needs and can efficiently use. 🤨
I would welcome a system in the aid effort that makes it more efficient. This war has been marked by a constant stream of a little of this, a sprinkling of that, a morsel of such, and a pinch of those. This is not a way to win a war.