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Ukraine says Western weapons making a difference, but needs more

08 July 2022 20:20 (UTC +04:00)

The Western supply of high-precision weapons is helping Ukraine slow down Russia's invasion, but the volumes of weapons are not enough and soldiers need time to adapt to using them, a top Ukrainian security official said on Friday, APA reports citing Reuters.

Kyiv said late last month it had received U.S.-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and has since praised them for battlefield successes such as destroying Russian warehouses and command posts as well forcing Russian troops from the strategic Snake Island in the Black Sea.

"When they came in, the Russian war machine could instantly feel its effect," Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, told Reuters in an interview in Kyiv. "What they (the Russians) wanted to do in three days, they now do in two or one and a half weeks."

But receiving more Western military aid is vital for Ukraine as it braces for a Russian assault on the eastern region of Donetsk.