ສະຫະລັດຈະສົ່ງລົດຫຸ້ມເກາະແບຣດລີ 50 ຄັນໄປໃຫ້ຢູເຄຣນ ອັນເປັນສ່ວນນຶ່ງຂອງການຊ່ວຍເຫລືອທາງການທະຫານຮອບໃໝ່ໃຫ້ແກ່ກີຢິບ, ອີງຕາມເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ປ້ອງກັນປະເທດສອງທ່ານກ່າວຕໍ່ວີໂອເອ.
ລົດຫຸ້ມເກາະແບຣດລີ ຈະມີລູກສອນໄຟນຳວິຖີຕ້ານລົດຖັງໂທ (TOW) ຫຼາຍຮ້ອຍລູກ ແລະ ລູກປືນ ຫຼາຍແສນລູກໄປນຳພ້ອມ, ອີງຕາມເອກະສານຂອງລັດຖະບານທີ່ເອົາໃຫ້ວີໂອເອເບິ່ງ ກ່ອນການປະກາດຢ່າງເປັນທາງການທີ່ຄາດວ່າ ຈະມີຂຶ້ນໃນວັນສຸກມື້ນີ້.
ປະທານາທິບໍດີສະຫະລັດ ທ່ານໂຈ ໄບເດັນໄດ້ປະກາດ ເປັນຄັ້ງທຳອິດວ່າ ລົດຫຸ້ມເກາະແບຣດລີຈະຖືກເອົາລວມເຂົ້າໃນຊຸດການຊ່ວຍເຫລືອອັນໃໝ່, ອີງຕາມຖະແຫຼງ ການທີ່ ທຳນຽບຫ້າແຈໄດ້ຢືນຢັນໃນວັນພະຫັດວານນີ້.
"ມັນບໍ່ແມ່ນລົດຖັງ, ແຕ່ມັນເປັນນັກຂ້າລົດຖັງ," ນັ້ນຄືຄຳເວົ້າ ຂອງໂຄສົກປະຈຳທຳນຽບຫ້າແຈ, ນາຍພົນຈັດຕະວາແພດ ໄຣເດີ້ ກ່າວຕໍ່ບັນດານັກຂ່າວ. ທ່ານກ່າວອີກວ່າ "ມັນຈະສະຫນອງການຊຸກຍູ້ທີ່ສໍາຄັນແກ່ຄວາມສາມາດຂອງລົດຫຸ້ມເກາະທີ່ໜ້າປະທັບ ໃຈຂອງຢູເຄຣນຢູ່ແລ້ວນັ້ນ, ແລະພວກເຮົາຫມັ້ນໃຈວ່າ ມັນຈະຊ່ວຍເຂົາເຈົ້າ ຢູ່ໃນສະ ຫນາມລົບໄດ້."
ທ່ານແບຣດລີ ໂບແມນ, ຜູ້ອໍານວຍການອະວຸໂສຂອງສູນກາງທະຫານແລະ ອໍານາດ ທາງດ້ານການເມືອງຂອງມູນນິທິປ້ອງກັນປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ກ່າວວ່າ ລົດຫຸ້ມເກາະແບຣດລີແມ່ນ "ການປັບປຸງທີ່ສໍາຄັນເມື່ອທຽບໃສ່ກັບສິ່ງທີ່ສະຫະລັດໄດ້ສະຫນອງໃຫ້ໄປແລ້ວ ນັ້ນ."
ທ່ານໂບແມນກ່າວອີກວ່າ "ລົດສູ້ລົບແບຣດລີ ຈະຊ່ວຍກອງ ທະຫານບົກ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍກຳລັງລົດຫຸ້ມເກາະທີ່ເຄື່ອນທີ່ໄວ ໃຫ້ສະໜອງການປ້ອງກັນ, ໃຫ້ມີຄວາມຄ່ອງແຄ້ວວ່ອງໄວ ແລະຄວາມສາມາດຍິງໄດ້ຢ່າງແມ້ນຢຳ ແກ່ກອງທະຫານບົກເພີ້ມຂຶ້ນອີກ."
ເຢຍຣະມັນ ແລະ ຝຣັ່ງ ກໍໄດ້ສົ່ງລົດຫຸ້ມເກາະໄປໃຫ້ເຊັ່ນກັນ, ຊຶ່ງທັງສອງປະເທດໄດ້ປະກາດໃນອາທິດນີ້.
ນອກນັ້ນແລ້ວ ເຢຍຣະມັນຍັງຈະເອົາການຊ່ວຍເຫລືອໃຫ້ເຂົ້າກັບການຊ່ວຍເຫລືອຂອງສະຫະລັດໃນການລະບົບລູກສອນໄຟແພັທທຣີອັອສ ໃຫ້ແກ່ຢູເຄຣນ ເພື່ອປ້ອງກັນປະເທດຕົນ, ອີງຕາມທຳນຽບຂາວກ່າວໃນວັນພະຫັດວານນີ້. ການຝຶກອົບຮົມການໃຊ້ລະ ບົບລູກສອນໄຟແພັທທຣີອັອສ, ເຊິ່ງອະດີດເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ກ່າວວ່າ ຈະໃຊ້ເວລາຫຼາຍເດືອນຈຶ່ງຈະສຳເລັດນັ້ນ ຍັງກຳລັງໄດ້ຮັບການສະຫລຸບຕັດສິນຂັ້ນສຸດທ້າຍຢູ່.
ທ່ານໄຣເດີ້ ກ່າວຕໍ່ບັນດານັກຂ່າວຢູ່ທຳນຽບຫ້າແຈວ່າ "ພວກເຮົາກໍາລັງຊອກຫາທາງເລືອກຫລາຍທາງ, ເພື່ອໃຫ້ລວມມີການຝຶກອົບຮົມທີ່ອາດເປັນໄປໄດ້ຢູ່ທີ່ນີ້ ໃນສະຫະ ລັດໜີ້, ຢູ່ຕ່າງປະເທດ ຫຼືທັງສອງຢ່າງ."
ລູກສອນໄຟແພັທທຣີອັອສ ແມ່ນລະບົບລູກສອນໄຟທີ່ຍິງຈາກໜ້າດິນສູ່ອາກາດທີ່ກ້າວໜ້າທີ່ສຸດ ທີ່ຝ່າຍຕາເວັນຕົກໄດ້ສະໜອງໃຫ້ເທົ່າທີ່ມີມາຮອດປັດຈຸບັນ ເພື່ອຊ່ວຍຕ້ານການໂຈມຕີທາງອາກາດຂອງຣັດເຊຍ.
ອ່ານຂ່າວນີ້ເພີ້ມເປັນພາສາອັງກິດຢູ່ລຸ່ມນີ້:
The United States will send 50 Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine as part of a new round of military aid to Kyiv, two defense officials tell VOA.
The Bradleys will come with hundreds of TOW anti-tank guided missiles and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition, according to a government document shared with VOA before an official announcement expected Friday.
U.S. President Joe Biden first announced that Bradleys would be included in the new package, a statement the Pentagon confirmed later Thursday.
"It's not a tank, but it's a tank killer," Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters. "It will provide a significant boost to Ukraine's already-impressive armored capabilities, and we're confident that it will aid them on the battlefield."
Bradley Bowman, senior director of the Center on Military and Political Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said Bradleys are "a significant improvement compared to what the U.S. has already provided."
"The Bradley Fighting Vehicle will help infantry forces accompany fast-moving armored forces, providing the infantry additional protection, agility and firepower," Bowman said.
Germany and France also are sending armored vehicles, the two countries announced this week.
In addition, Germany will match the U.S. in sending Ukraine a Patriot missile battery for its defense, the White House said Thursday. Training for the Patriots, which former officials say will take months to complete, is still being finalized.
"We're exploring a variety of options, to include potential training here in the U.S., overseas or a combination of both," Ryder told reporters at the Pentagon.
The Patriot is the most advanced surface-to-air missile system the West has provided to date to help repel Russian aerial attacks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday thanked France for its AMX-10 RC armored fighting vehicles, which are built around a powerful turret-mounted GIAT 105mm gun, while also calling on allies to provide heavier weapons.
"There is no rational reason why Ukraine has not yet been supplied with Western tanks," Zelenskyy said.
Asked last month why the U.S. had not yet supplied Ukraine with the American-made M1A1 Abrams tanks, Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper told VOA the U.S. prioritized the supply of armored personnel carriers like Humvees that Ukraine could use "right now," along with helping refurbish Soviet-type tanks that Ukrainians are already familiar with and could be "deployed immediately."
"Something like a Western-style tank would take a much longer time period, not just to train on, but a much more complex and challenging maintenance and sustainment system," she said in an exclusive interview. "[It's] not something that could happen in the immediate future."
Pressed on Thursday about possibly sending M1A1 Abrams, Ryder added, "We're going to keep all options on the table."
Orthodox Christmas Cease-fire
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered a 36-hour cease-fire in his war against Ukraine over the Orthodox Christmas holiday.
He ordered Russian troops to stop attacks for a day and a half on its neighboring country starting at noon Friday, the Kremlin said. Many Orthodox Christians, including those living in Russia and Ukraine, celebrate Christmas on January 6 and 7.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, head of the Russian Orthodox Church and a supporter of Putin's invasion of Ukraine, called on Thursday for both sides of the war in Ukraine to observe a Christmas truce. But the Kyiv government dismissed it as "hypocrisy" and a cynical trap, and Ryder also expressed skepticism.
"While Russia seems to be pretty good at exporting violence, they don't seem to be pretty good at exporting the truth. And so we'll see," Ryder said in response to a question from VOA.
In an order, Putin said, "Proceeding from the fact that a large number of citizens professing Orthodoxy live in the areas of hostilities, we call on the Ukrainian side to declare a cease-fire and allow them to attend services on Christmas Eve, as well as on Christmas Day."
Mykhailo Podolyak, a senior aide to Ukraine's president, characterized the Russian Orthodox Church as a "war propagandist" that had incited the "mass murder" of Ukrainians and the militarization of Russia.
Separately on Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Putin that negotiations to halt Russia's invasion of Ukraine should be supported by a unilateral cease-fire.
Erdogan's office said he and Putin spoke by phone and that peace talks should include a "vision for a fair solution."
The Turkish leader has tried to mediate an end to the conflict, and Turkey helped negotiate agreement with Russia and Ukraine to facilitate grain exports. Erdogan was also expected to speak with Zelenskyy on Thursday.
Nearly 11 months ago, Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine, saying the pro-Western country needed to be "demilitarized" and "de-Nazified." The United States and Western allies have criticized the military action and are providing financial and military aid while also leveling multiple rounds of sanctions against Russia.
