The issue of lethal arms deliveries to Ukraine from the Western partners hasn't been resolved. Supplies from Ukraine's national defense industry are not enough to effectively counter Russian military aggression, National Security and Defense Council Secretary of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksandr Turchynov said at a meeting with Director of the State Security Department of the Republic of Lithuania Darius Jauniskis.
“The issue of military and technical cooperation with our Western partners, in particular in provision of lethal weapons, hasn’t been solved yet … Today all lethal weapons supply is provided by Ukroboronprom (Ukrainian Defence Industry), but it’s not enough for effective opposition to the aggressor,” Turchynov said, adding that a strong, armed with modern weapons Ukrainian army is an important factor of security and peace in Europe.
As reported on the official website of the National Security Council, Darius Jauniskis emphasized the need and promising outlook of bilateral cooperation, “especially in the security and defense sector”. “Our countries are moving in the same direction, we are ready to support Ukraine by all means further,” he said.
During the meeting, Turchynov and Jauniskis discussed the issues of security in the region in the light of the aggressive policy of the Kremlin. In this context, the parties emphasized the necessity of deepening Ukrainian-Lithuanian cooperation in the defense and security sector, in particular, between the “intelligence and counterintelligence agencies”. In the course of the negotiations, the parties also analyzed the common threats arising as a result of militaristic aspirations of the Russian Federation and stressed the inadmissibility of lifting of the sanctions against the aggressor state.
