Lituwaniye yemeje ko izaha Ukraine intwaro za misile zo k’urwego ruhambaye

Mu ruzinduko aherutse kugirira i Kyiv ku ya 23 Kanama 2023, Perezida wa Lituwaniya, Gitanas Nausėda yemeje ko Lituwaniya izasohoza ibyo yiyemeje kugeza NASAMS (Norvege Advanced Surface to Air Defence Missile Sisitemu) ibisasu bya misile birwanira mu kirere muri Ukraine muri Nzeri 2023.

Mu nama yagiranye na Perezida wa Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, Nausėda yagaragaje ko Lituwaniya ikomeje gushyigikira Ukraine, avuga ku rubuga rwa X (mbere ruzwi ku izina rya Twitter), ati: “Uyu munsi i Kyiv nabwiye inshuti yanjye nkunda Perezida Zelensky ko Lituwaniya izakomeza gushyigikira Ukraine kugeza itsinze. Lituwaniya izakomeza. gushikiriza Ukraine ibisasu bya misile birwanira mu kirere muri Ukraine ukwezi gutaha. “

Iri tangazo rikurikira ibyavuzwe na Nausėda ku ya 28 Kamena 2023, aho yatangaje ko Lituwaniya yaguze indege ebyiri za NASAMS zifite gahunda yo kuzimurira muri Ukraine. Minisiteri y’ingabo ya Lituwaniya yemeje kandi mu ntangiriro za Kanama ko kubyara bizaba “vuba.”

Lituwaniya yashyigikiye byimazeyo Kyiv, itanga ibikoresho bya gisirikare bitandukanye mu 2023, harimo kajugujugu ya Mi-8, imbunda za L-70 40mm zirasa indege n’amasasu, M113 yakurikiranaga abitwaza ibirwanisho (APCs), amamiriyoni y’ibibunda bya rutura, hamwe na karitsiye hamwe grenade. Byongeye kandi, Lituwaniya yatanze imyitozo n’ubuvuzi ku basirikare ba Ukraine.

Sisitemu ya NASAMS (Norvege Advanced Surface to Air Defence Missile Sisitemu), isanzwe ikorana n’ingabo za Ukraine kuva mu Gushyingo 2022, byagaragaye ko ifite agaciro mu gihe ibitero by’indege by’Uburusiya byiyongera. Amerika yabanje gutanga bateri ya mbere, ikurikirwa na Noruveje, itanga sisitemu ebyiri muri Werurwe 2023 kandi yiyemeza gutanga izindi ndege ebyiri.

Hamwe nintera ntarengwa ya 50 km, bitewe nibihinduka, sisitemu ya NASAMS ifite akamaro kanini muri Ukraine. Ikoresha misile ya AIM-120 AMRAAM interceptor, misile imwe ikoreshwa mu butumwa bwo mu kirere no mu kirere mu ndege z’intambara zo mu Burengerazuba, bikazamura ubushobozi bwo kwirwanaho bwa Ukraine.