Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren said Friday that the Netherlands is sending a Patriot missile defense system to Slovakia and that Germany is also sending two Patriot systems as NATO looks to bolster its forces near Ukraine.
The Dutch will send a small contingent of 150-200 troops along with the Patriots. Ollongren’s announcement comes after Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad said on Thursday that Slovakia was ready to “immediately” send its Soviet-designed S-300 missile system to Ukraine if it receives a “proper replacement.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked for the S-300 air defense system in a plea to Congress on Wednesday. When it comes to advanced weaponry, Ukraine’s forces are only trained to operate Russian-made equipment, which many NATO countries that are former Soviet states possess.
Germany and the Netherlands decided to send Patriots earlier in the month before Slovakia floated the idea of sending its S-300s to Ukraine. But the deployments could fast-track the plan to get the missile systems in Ukraine’s hands.
Any delivery of S-300s to Ukraine would likely need the approval of the US. So far, the Pentagon has resisted a plan to send Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jets that are in Poland to Ukraine, but the US has been sending a whole slew of other weapons into the warzone, including shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles.
Sending more weapons into Ukraine risks provoking Russia as Moscow is warning that arms deliveries entering Ukrainian territory would be considered legitimate military targets.
Look at all these nations sending people and equipment to Ukraine, signalling to Russia, “we want to be utterly destroyed by you as well
Old? Semi obselete….??? Certainly not cutting edge these dayz.
“Slovakia has said it would send its S-300 missile system to Ukraine if they get a ‘proper replacement’ “____ Slovakia will get the short end of the stick…! They will get the junk Patriots…!
Patriots – useless against hypersonic weapons. S-300’s that will be destroyed on entry – these are large vehicles that cannot be well hidden. Only ignorant morons believe these are of any significance.
How come our satraps keep ratcheting up the tensions?
Slovakia is sending S-300PS systems (export, limited utility version) of an already outdated system. But, Raytheon doesn’t mind. They sell new Patriot systems to The Netherlands and Germany, Slovakia gets missiles that can be easily countered by the Russians, Raytheon makes money, the US pats itself on the back, and more people die. Sounds like a win-win for the arms merchants.
From The Saker…
I am telling ya, we have so many countries brainwashed. The hypocrisy is amazing. Russia has been confirmed of the general feeling in Russia that the actions by Russia nearly 31 years ago were meaningless. I cannot believe the number of countries that have sprung up to “liberate” the corrupt Ukraine government along with the Azov Battalion and C17 (Zelesnki, a Jew, should know better). Ukraine, a country led by a man whose claim to fame is playing a piano with his penis.