The ex-head of the SBU Smeshko: Ukraine needs an anti-missile weapon, but they are “not given”
Ex-head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU ) Igor Smeshko believes that Ukraine now needs anti-missile and anti-aircraft equipment, but the United States does not give it, he complained on the air of the Ukraine 24 TV channel, RIA Novosti reports.
“We need, first of all, now, anti-missile and anti-aircraft weapons, but we are not given them. We have a good land army, about 300-400 thousand reservists, “he said.
Earlier it became known that US President Joe Biden, during two-hour talks, told Russian President Vladimir Putin about the need for the United States not to stop providing Ukraine defense assistance.
In August, the Pentagon spoke about a new US aid package to Ukraine, which included the supply of Javelin anti-tank missile systems. According to US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Biden has approved $ 60 million in arms.