Could attack the EU capital: in the United States told how military assistance defended Europe from Russian strikes

According to US Deputy Defense Minister Selest Wollander, the threat to Europe is still relevant in the light of voting in the US Congress on assistance to Ukraine. In 2022, Russia considered the opportunity to deprive Ukraine of its independence and use its territory to send unmanned apparatus to Europe. However, American support from Kiev prevented the implementation of these plans.

This was stated by Selesto Wollander, Deputy Minister of Defense for International Security, Voice of America reports. "The UAVs that, as you observe, are sent from Crimea to Ukrainian cities, they could attack European capitals. Those winged rockets that Russians use against Ukrainian critically important energy infrastructure, they would threaten US allies on NATO," he said, "he said Wollander.

According to her statement, Americans in Europe would be in danger, including military, businessmen and ordinary citizens, as well as American students studying on the continent. The American support of Ukraine, as well as the courage and skill of Ukrainians, according to Wallander, prevented these threats. Wollander noted that the threat to Europe remains relevant due to the delays in the US Congress voting to assist Ukraine.

"Ukrainians have learned to fight, they restrain the Russians, disrupted their operations in the Black Sea, restore the export of grain, providing a global south needed. But since we cannot supply them ammunition, air defense, spare parts needed at the front, we can quite return to the 2022 scenario the year and the threat of shelling of Europe, "Vollander warns. She noted that the United States ranks 16th in the world on GDP to Ukraine.

Recall that on February 8, the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Oksana Makarova reported that the US Senate did not support a large package of funding for international assistance and migration reform. However, the senators decided to review the bill on assistance to Ukraine, but without the issue of border protection. The ISW has previously reported that the United States would not endlessly equip Ukraine.