At the next "Ramstein" summit on February 14, Western allies will discuss providing Ukraine with weapons that will allow it to seize the initiative in the war with Russia.

In particular, it is about armored vehicles, long-range missiles and combat aircraft.

Mykhailo Podolyak

, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said this

on the air of the All-Ukrainian telethon, which is broadcast by the TSN YouTube channel.

"

Today, we have a stage of war - about seizing the initiative, first of all

. Russia has accumulated its final resource, it is a lot of mobilized... pulled up artillery shells of 152 and 122 caliber from everywhere. At Ramstein, we will discuss what we need to effectively counter all this," Podoliak said.

In particular, according to him, it is about tanks and armored vehicles to break through "a certain defensive fortification of the Russian army".

"This is the first tool. Supply logistics will be discussed at Ramstein, because

tanks are needed not just once, but specifically for this stage. In a month or a half, they should already be on the battlefield, and we should use them

," he said.

As the adviser to the head of the OPU noted,

the second component is long-range missiles

:

"This is a key tool - missiles that will allow 30-40% to destroy the combat capability of the Russian army at a distance of 150-200-300 km - or strategic depots located on the Crimean peninsula, or local tactical depots on the entire front line."

The third component, according to Podolyak, is aviation

:

"I would divide it into two parts. There is a need for attack aircraft that will provide cover from the sky for our counteroffensive actions, armored vehicles that we will use to break the Russian defense. There is an F-16 fighter aircraft that allows us to close the sky so that missile and drone strikes made no sense."

We will remind you that the previous summit in the Rammstein format with the participation of about fifty countries took place on January 20.

At the meeting, it was decided to provide Ukraine with another package of military aid, which includes air defense equipment and their missiles, armored personnel carriers, BMPs, SUVs, helicopters, howitzers, self-propelled artillery, shells and tanks.

Oleksiy Danilov

, Secretary of the NSDC

, said that there will be "a lot of interesting things" for Ukraine at the new meeting in the Rammstein format. 

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