Ukraine will receive a new shipment of US weapons, including Javelin and Stinger missiles, within days, according to Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov in a televised interview on Saturday.

Ukraine’s allies have delivered planeloads of weapons to bolster the country’s military against the Russian invasion. Russia has criticised NATO member states for making such deliveries.

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“The (weapons) will be on our country’s territory in the near future.” “We’re talking about days here,” Danilov explained.

As the conflict between Ukraine and Russia continues, it is clear that Ukraine has fared far better against Russian forces than many expected. However, in order to continue doing so, Ukraine will require more assistance from the West, raising the risk that the war will escalate to the point where NATO is involved.

Russia has warned the West not to send more arms to Ukraine, claiming that such convoys are now “legitimate targets” for Russian forces.

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Sergey Ryabkov, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, issued a warning to the West that could lead to a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO.

“We warned the US that pumping weapons into Ukraine from a number of countries orchestrated by them is not only a risky move but also an action that turns the corresponding convoys into legitimate targets,” the deputy minister said, according to comments reported by Russia’s state news agency TASS.

Ryabkov warned that the West’s “thoughtless transfer” to Kyiv of weapons such as portable anti-aircraft missile systems and anti-tank missile systems, both of which have been supplied to Ukraine by several NATO members including the United States and the United Kingdom, could have consequences.

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Additional support from NATO’s individual members in the form of arms shipments, intelligence, and other forms of aid “really makes a difference and is why Russia is doing so poorly,” Wojciech Lorenz, a senior analyst at The Polish Institute of International Affairs’ International Security Programme, told CNBC. He added that there may come a time when Ukraine is able to not only resist Russian forces but also launch counter-offensives against them in order to “reclaim lost territory.”

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While Ukraine has won the admiration of people and governments worldwide for its valiant resistance to Russia’s invasion, Russia has been heavily sanctioned, leaving it geopolitically, economically, financially isolated and vulnerable.