USA sell rockets to Ukraine
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The USA allow a big sale of arms. Ukraine may buy 500 rockets of type Patriot. These rockets cost about 2,1 billion dollars. The money comes from partner countries like Germany. Also Canada and Norway pay. A part comes from loans of the EU. The firm Lockheed Martin builds these rockets.
Ukraine needs the weapons against attacks from Russia. Russia attacks power plants often with rockets. Patriot systems stop these attacks well. But the build of the rockets takes long. The delivery starts maybe in a few years. Experts say: It could take until the year 2030.
President Wolodymyr Selenskyj thanks the USA. But he says also: The help must come faster. He wishes protection for this winter. Ukraine asks for rockets from old stores. These could help at once. Later the USA get the new rockets back. The USA want to speed up the work now.
Ukraine needs the weapons against attacks from Russia. Russia attacks power plants often with rockets. Patriot systems stop these attacks well. But the build of the rockets takes long. The delivery starts maybe in a few years. Experts say: It could take until the year 2030.
President Wolodymyr Selenskyj thanks the USA. But he says also: The help must come faster. He wishes protection for this winter. Ukraine asks for rockets from old stores. These could help at once. Later the USA get the new rockets back. The USA want to speed up the work now.
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Definitions
- Patriot-System
- Ein System zur Abwehr von Raketen und Flugzeugen aus der Luft.
People
- Wolodymyr Selenskyj
- Der aktuelle Präsident der Ukraine seit dem Jahr 2019.
Locations
- Ukraine
- Ein Staat in Osteuropa, der sich gegen einen russischen Angriff wehrt.
- Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
- Ein Staat in Nordamerika, der die Ukraine mit Waffen unterstützt.
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