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Many useful Ukraine in warehouses: Angola wants to re -arry the army with the help of the US

Traditionally, the African country was influenced by the USSR/the Russian Federation, but President of Lorens condemned the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine and expressed his desire to buy western weapons. There are Soviet tanks, howitzers, helicopters and artillery, which are able to use the Armed Forces. Angola Juan Lorenss President in an interview for VOA Portuges stated that they were interested in attracting NATO and the US in defense reform.

In the 1980s, Angola received a large number of weapons from the Soviet Union to reflect the invasion of the South African Republic. Due to this, the USSR, and later the Russian Federation had a serious impact in Angola. Now Lorens has declared plans to re -arry Angola into modern American and NATO weapons. Moreover, Angola condemned the invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine.

"The sovereign state itself defines its foreign policy, and being a sovereign state, we must condemn the annexation of four regions of Ukraine," Lorenss said. Angola is grateful to the help of the USSR, which allowed to withstand in the war, but they do not understand Moscow's policies because they are in the role of interventionists. Residents of the African country are well aware of what war against the invaders means.

According to Global Fire Power, Angolas are Soviet artillery, tanks, helicopters and other equipment. Angola is now 4 of the largest buyer of Russian technology in Africa. We will remind, on December 28 WSJ wrote that the Russian Federation is trying to lure Uganda on its side in confrontation with the United States. Instead, Moscow proposes the supply of its shock helicopters. On December 25, NYT reported that the Russian "Wagnerivtsi" actually seized the Central African Republic.