How Ukraine’s weapons shape the war with Russia | DW News

Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba told NATO last week that all his country was looking for is weapons - lots of them and more serious ones. So far western allies have delivered equipment like anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles. At least 17,000 such weapons against tanks have come in from NATO members like the United States, United Kingdom and Germany. They seem to have proven highly effective against Russian armor. As have Turkish-made drones armed with air-to-surface missiles. The Bayraktar TB2 drone has been a workhorse for Ukrainian forces. The US may deliver hundreds of small, fast Switchblade drones that also go after armor. These sorts of lighter weapons have beat back Russian forces, making them downsize their war ambitions and contain their assault on Ukraine’s east. But to fully defeat the Russian invasion, Ukraine has been hounding allies for heavier weapons, such as tanks, long-range artillery, anti-ship missiles and helicopters. Some of that is on the list of the 800 mill