What does the transfer of Patriot batteries to Ukraine mean?

As you know, one of the most obvious results of the Ukrainian President’s visit to the U.S. is the official announcement by Washington on the transfer of one Patriot battery to Ukraine, which is an unequivocal breakthrough in the supply of weapons for our country. And it’s not just that one state-of-the-art system can pave the way for other relevant systems. There are other not so obvious, but no less serious conclusions.If we recall the difficult moment in U.S.-Ukraine relations before the supply of the Patriot, when the first stage of Russian aggression had just begun, the U.S. stubbornly refused to give Ukraine any weapons. They had a lot of arguments, starting with the fact that any weapons would not radically change the balance of power, and we would have no chance in a purely military confrontation against the whole of Russia, and ending with fears that American technology…

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