The world has helped Ukraine since the beginning of the military conflict (Infographics)

Our country provided logistical assistance to the countries of three continents. Experts say - a little.

The Americans were training together with Ukrainians in Lviv. Photo: AFP

 During the military conflict in Ukraine, its material and technical assistance to the country had 17 states in three continents. If you do not speak about the countries, signed by the Budapest Memorandum, for which such assistance is likely commitment, it turns out that aid to Ukraine gave the former socialist republics, several European leaders, distant Australia and Canada. Such data Segodnya.ua provided by the Ministry of Defence.
West gave armor. From the beginning of the military conflict, and to this day, according to the Defense Ministry, the partner countries to provide material and technical assistance to Ukraine, nearly $ 70 million.
At the end of last year, a Pentagon spokesman, Col. Steve Warren, said that the US passed the Ukraine kontrartilleriyskie radar.
"Radar systems see approach mortar fire and quickly calculate the position of the enemy mortar rounds," - said Warren.
He added that the Ukrainian military men themselves will determine where and when they will be using these systems. The Pentagon said that it is planned to transfer 20 of these plants.
However, from the beginning of the military conflict, the Ukrainian military refused en masse of old Soviet vests. Instead, they preferred to Polish defenders of Ukrainian armor.
Law enforcers themselves have repeatedly pointed out that if it were not for the Polish body armor, military casualties would be 50-70% more. This is the opinion of the riot gear were themselves soldiers of the departments of the Interior, which went from an environment under Ilovaiskaya.
Also in early 2015 passed States Armed Forces of Ukraine 5 high-speed inflatable boats. "As part of providing logistical support to the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the United States came next shipment 5 Fleet inflatable boats produced by" Willard "Sea Force 730 and Sea Force 11M, which have a hard shell and equipped with all necessary means to protect" - said then representative of the General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine Vladyslav Seleznev Seleznev.
Perhaps one of the biggest military-technical "packages" of the West, can be called bronemobili HMMWV, which arrived in Ukraine in March of this year. "Today, in Ukraine, arriving 10 cars" Hammer. "It is the United States military aid to the country. In total, Ukraine has to do 230 American cars", - said the speaker of the president's administration on military operations Andrey Lysenko.

 In turn, the Albion has repeatedly passed the Ukrainian army helmets, flak jackets, sleeping bags, medical kits and winter uniforms.
"For us, initially it was very important to see cooperation in the area of ​​defense - said during a regular briefing, the British Ambassador to Ukraine Simon Smith. - Today we are providing assistance to Ukraine in the form of protective equipment, first aid kits, sleeping bags. We will continue to consider, what else we can help as a continuation of our support for Ukraine in the protection of its territorial integrity and opposing aggression "
At the same time, a military expert, former deputy head of the General Staff Igor Romanenko inclined to think that this lack of support, and that in fact Ukraine has lost many times more, giving up nuclear capability in 1994.

 "On the territory of Ukraine was an army of the Strategic Missile Forces, which had before it the third potential of the world after the US and Russia, we are under the pressure of so-called nuclear club for next to nothing given. The cost of one missile was greater at times than the whole logistical assistance to $ 70 million, predostavlennayaza half years ", - explains Romanenko.

 Could more. According to military expert Dmitry Tymchuk much more useful for Ukraine would be military aid than logistical.
"Help body armor, medicine - it's wonderful, but it does not bear the main thing - the political sense. We need to knock out of the west supply even a small party of any lethal weapons. That's would indicate that the West really supports Ukraine in the fight for territorial integrity. And Now that would be a very strong signal to Moscow ", - said the expert.
Tymchuk said that the substantial military assistance to Ukraine could provide the countries of Eastern Europe.
"The countries of Eastern Europe, who survived ammunition Soviet model could provide real help, giving them the Ukraine. We are now on a number of nomenclature names run out of ammo. Since the end of last year and, until recently, is counter-battery fight artillery duels. A number of these Ammunition not produced in Ukraine. Here Eastern Europe could help us ", - he said.
Dmitry Tymchuk stresses that it is military cooperation with major European partners could be an important factor of influence on Russia.

 "A serious military-technical cooperation, we would be with France. France produces a lot of types of weapons that we need. This drones, and means counterbattery, thermal imagers. This would increase our military strength at times. And Ukraine would have even bought it arms. But when the negotiations between Ukraine and France were about this, Russia immediately made to the fact that up to the debt forgiveness for the Mistral, if only France does not supply such equipment, "- says Tymchuk.

 As explained by the former head of the General Staff Igor Romanenko, military equipment of the Ukrainian army is too low.
"Not more than 15% of modern weapons in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and law enforcement agencies. This sad statistics that are not trying to improve our powerful allies who have that opportunity. It is a very low figure. And where there is no modern weapons - have to protect the health and the lives of soldiers, "- said Romanenko.
At the same time, as explained Tymchuk, hope for the military aid from the United States signatory Budapest Memorandum is no longer necessary due to the position of the White House.

 "The US Congress provides funds for assistance to Ukraine. What does the Obama administration - almost the lion's share of these funds sends here instructors to train the National Guard, but it is generally the troops of the second echelon. And they themselves American instructors are surprised that a hybrid war sooner they can learn what we have. the point is that Ukraine supposedly helped, but if you look, this aid does not cost anything "- summed Dmitry Tymchuk.

 Volunteers. However, besides the support of the West, our fighters have substantial support Ukrainian volunteers. According to the military themselves, who now hold the forefront in the Luhansk region, they were on the "front end" come as a single volunteers and representatives of large-scale voluntary movements.
"That winter we two stoves were brought in winter form clothed, shod, flak jackets and helmets brought - says the soldier Alex. - The one form of what we were given - the old, the air does not pass, the whole body sweats. In the summer it varishsya alive winter merznesh bones. From volunteers form the European model and serve better. In principle, we need to book with volunteers from snaryagu to canned - all brought in. "