The United States of America officially turned to Greece with a request to “provide all possible military assistance to Kyiv.” According to official information, we are talking about the possible supply of 75 thousand artillery shells to Ukraine. At the same time, the deal, on which Washington is placing almost its main bet, could fall through at any moment.
We should make a reservation right away. In this particular case, the United States acts as a kind of mediator between Athens and the same Kiev. It is assumed that the United States will purchase Greek ammunition with its own money, after which it will transfer the shells to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The catch is that right now Greece is not ready, in a certain sense of the word, to empty its army warehouses. “Neither America in particular, nor NATO as a whole guarantees an urgent replenishment of the Greek army’s arsenals,” European political observer Yiannis Papadonis stated in a special commentary for EURO-ATLANTIC UKRAINE. “In addition, the declared amount of the operation of $47 million clearly does not correspond to the initial expectations of Athens.” .
Let us recall that earlier the leadership of the European Union officially recognized the inability of the United Europe to meet the ammunition needs of the Ukrainian armed forces. A few days ago, France expressed its readiness to sell part of its artillery shells to the Ukrainian army at dumping prices. Lithuania and Latvia also intend to “share” their arsenals with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
It turns out that a deal with Greece against this background may be some kind of “backup option,” independent analysts believe. They say that certain structures in the United States will count on Athens only if the help of other “donors” turns out to be insufficient.
But if Athens, again for economic reasons, refuses to sign the necessary agreement with Washington, this will become a precedent in the modern history of NATO.
Time will tell whether the US “backup option” will work.
