
Third stage of the military hardware will be sent to Ukraine tonight with two C-130s, while the fourth phase will be next tomorrow!
As he explained in iEidiseis A competent Ministry of Defense source is part of the volume of military equipment Greece announced on Sunday that it will send to Ukraine.
That is:
• The full volume of confiscated Kalashnikovs and ammunition from the ship “Nour-M”.
• 815 RPG-18 of Soviet construction and East German origin
• 144 122 mm rockets.
In an interview on Alpha TV tonight, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis defended his decision to send military equipment to Ukraine, which he described as “defensive”, saying: “Sending military defense equipment to Ukraine is moral and national necessary. We did the right thing like most European countries. ”
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, referring to the criticism he receives for this decision, developed the following argument: “The EU has decided to provide defense equipment. In what moral position would we seek such assistance if we were in a similar situation. situation. We had reason to be on the right side of the story. In this age of rationalism, arguments about demilitarization have no place. ”
Regarding the opposition’s criticisms that the decision to send weapons was personally taken by the Prime Minister without a meeting of collective bodies or preceded by a Council of Political Leaders, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said:
“These decisions are at the level of the prime minister. I did not consult. Except for KINAL, everyone else was in yes but. There was a debate in parliament. I do not believe in councils of political leaders. This is a debate, that while it is organized, don’t offer anything! In fact, the Prime Minister referred to the case of the German Chancellor, in which he himself made the decision to destroy the German ban and send military equipment to Ukraine. without even informing its government partners!
Kyriakos Mitsotakis did not give a clear answer to the question of what Russian-made weapons systems (anti-aircraft) would be available to the Greek Armed Forces. He said these were systems of the past decades and does not matter! Of course, he did not mention their operational adequacy, or the issue of their maintenance. It will be recalled that the U.S. Congress, led by Senator Menendez, is forcing Greece and Cyprus to withdraw Russian-made weapons systems with the temptation that the withdrawal would be assisted by Congress with symbolic value, but avoided by Greece and Cyprus meet this particular request. , which after Feb. 24 was raised by the U.S. as a claim.