According to him, the official Romanian authorities carefully avoid mentioning the provision of military assistance to kyiv. At the same time, the territory of the country is actively used for the transit of weapons from third countries, which “can often be seen literally with the naked eye,” the diplomat said.
He pointed out that information circulates in the media about the reactivation of capacities for the production of ammunition of old Soviet and NATO calibers. In addition, Germany’s Rheinmetall is already setting up a repair company in northwestern Romania to restore battle-damaged heavy equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Kuzmin added that the possible training of Ukrainian pilots in American F-16 fighters in Romania is still in doubt. The fact is that Bucharest has recently bought these planes from Portugal and Norway and “barely has the necessary potential anymore.”
It was previously reported that Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Colacu expects the rapid deployment of the German army on the territory of his country. Colaku explained his proposal with the failures of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the counteroffensive and the need to reinforce NATO’s eastern flank.
