.@SecBlinken refuses #Polish proposal that the #US should transfer 🇵🇱 #Mig29s to #Ukraine.
In light of the #Fulcrum limbo of the past days I would like to reiterate that it is possible to reinforce Ukrainian #airdefence in another ways. @gmfus
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In light of the #Fulcrum limbo of the past days I would like to reiterate that it is possible to reinforce Ukrainian #airdefence in another ways. @gmfus
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2/12
As I argued a couple of days ago, the transfer of Soviet-era air superiority fighters from #NATO stocks could be an important symbolic move, but they are not the ideal #airdefence assets under the given circumstances. Arguments below 👇
As I argued a couple of days ago, the transfer of Soviet-era air superiority fighters from #NATO stocks could be an important symbolic move, but they are not the ideal #airdefence assets under the given circumstances. Arguments below 👇
https://twitter.com/DanielHegedus82/status/1498279436755607554
3/12
#Ukrainian ground based #airdefence systems have been really successful over the past 13 days. Even if the transfer of fighter planes is a no go, SAM systems with #Russian origin still in service in NATO countries could be potentially delivered to #Ukraine.
@ukraine_world
#Ukrainian ground based #airdefence systems have been really successful over the past 13 days. Even if the transfer of fighter planes is a no go, SAM systems with #Russian origin still in service in NATO countries could be potentially delivered to #Ukraine.
@ukraine_world
4/12
#Poland, #Slovakia, #Bulgaria, #Romania should consider to transfer their old Russian mobile SAM systems to Ukraine. (SA-10 Grumbles, SA-8 Geckos, SA-6 Kubs) These will be familiar to Ukrainian personal and ideal to fight Russian planes pushed above 1500m by the #MANPADS.
#Poland, #Slovakia, #Bulgaria, #Romania should consider to transfer their old Russian mobile SAM systems to Ukraine. (SA-10 Grumbles, SA-8 Geckos, SA-6 Kubs) These will be familiar to Ukrainian personal and ideal to fight Russian planes pushed above 1500m by the #MANPADS.
5/12
#Ukraine having such #airdefence systems operational is crucial, because the threat they pose in medium and high altitudes force #Russian air planes lower, within the effective range of the #MANPADS.
#Ukraine having such #airdefence systems operational is crucial, because the threat they pose in medium and high altitudes force #Russian air planes lower, within the effective range of the #MANPADS.
6/12
Actually, one key issue that hampers the efficiency of #Ukrainian #airdefence is the lack of #situationalwareness due to the destruction of #Ukrainian early-warning #radars during the first days of the war.
Actually, one key issue that hampers the efficiency of #Ukrainian #airdefence is the lack of #situationalwareness due to the destruction of #Ukrainian early-warning #radars during the first days of the war.
7/12
Supporting #Ukraine with #MobileRadars would be crucial. This could allow an enhanced #situationalawareness of 🇺🇦 #airdefence and the more effective use of existing #Ukrainian #AntiAir assets. This would be #NonLethal aid, so it could be provided asap.
Supporting #Ukraine with #MobileRadars would be crucial. This could allow an enhanced #situationalawareness of 🇺🇦 #airdefence and the more effective use of existing #Ukrainian #AntiAir assets. This would be #NonLethal aid, so it could be provided asap.
8/12
Even if 🇺🇦 personal must be trained to use modern Western mobile gap-filling radars, given that a protracted war is a very likely scenario, this form of #militaryaid definitely makes sense.
Even if 🇺🇦 personal must be trained to use modern Western mobile gap-filling radars, given that a protracted war is a very likely scenario, this form of #militaryaid definitely makes sense.
9/12
Sharing available #NATO data real time about #Russian air operations (over #Belarus and the Western part of #Ukraine, where such information exist) with #Ukrainian military should be considered as well.
Sharing available #NATO data real time about #Russian air operations (over #Belarus and the Western part of #Ukraine, where such information exist) with #Ukrainian military should be considered as well.
10/12
In the same spirit, the training of #Ukrainian #airdefence personal to Western assets like the #Roland or #Patriot systems could also be started.
In the same spirit, the training of #Ukrainian #airdefence personal to Western assets like the #Roland or #Patriot systems could also be started.
11/12
#NATO countries dispose over large stocks of such assets and supplying #Ukraine with them is more sustainable in the long run than the transfer of Soviet-era hardware.
#NATO countries dispose over large stocks of such assets and supplying #Ukraine with them is more sustainable in the long run than the transfer of Soviet-era hardware.
12/12
Time is crucial in supporting the defence of #Ukraine. Instead of focusing on a single symbolic issue, like the transfer of #Mig29s, #NATO countries have to work in parallel on several potential tracks. And there are many, even if we are only speaking about 🇺🇦 #airdefence.
Time is crucial in supporting the defence of #Ukraine. Instead of focusing on a single symbolic issue, like the transfer of #Mig29s, #NATO countries have to work in parallel on several potential tracks. And there are many, even if we are only speaking about 🇺🇦 #airdefence.
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