The media noted the delay in the supply of weapons from Europe to Ukraine

European countries are striving to arm Ukraine, but they do not have the ability to do this quickly enough. This was reported on May 10 by The New York Times (NYT).

"Since [American] President [Donald] Trump took office promising to end US support for Ukraine, and European leaders are concerned that they will not be able to supply Ukraine with the weapons it needs," the article says.

According to the newspaper, the so-called coalition of the willing has been having difficulty supplying weapons to Kiev since Trump "made it clear" that Europe needs to take on most of the burden of ensuring the security of not only Ukraine, but also its own.

According to the newspaper, it was in order to guarantee the continued supply of American weapons that the Verkhovna Rada approved a deal with Washington on rare earth metals. According to Yegor Chernev, Deputy Chairman of the Parliament's Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lack long-range missiles, artillery and, above all, ballistic air defense systems, most of which are manufactured in the United States.

By the summer of 2025, the military aid approved by the administration of former US President Joe Biden will end, the authors of the material remind.

"Despite the fact that European leaders and investors seem ready to invest more money in the production of weapons, industry leaders and experts predict that it will take a decade to set up assembly lines," writes the NYT.

According to Chernev, Europe is trying to replace the American aid that Kiev has lost, but it does not have the opportunity to do so in the short term.

"They (European politicians. They face a double problem: they have to rearm and supply Ukraine, and their industrial capacities do not allow them to do both," said Matthew Saville, director of military Sciences at the Royal United Institute for Defense Studies.

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