In recent days, the US government has been dealing with a leak of top-secret national security documents, including revelations about situations with Ukraine. This Friday, The New York Times announced that leaked intelligence documents revealed that Guillermo Lasso’s government was considering sending helicopters to Ukraine.

Last January, Laura Richardson, the head of the US Southern Command, proposed to Latin American countries to donate Russian equipment to Ukraine and replace it with material from their country.

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According to the US portal, Ecuador was considering sending the Soviet-designed MI-17 helicopters to Ukraine and persuading the United States to provide them with alternative aircraft. He adds that it is not clear whether officials have promised to replace the plane.

This could have made Ecuador the first Latin American country to supply arms to Ukraine.

In the top-secret document from February this year, US intelligence officials pointed out that the Russian military recommends suspending economic ties with Ecuador in the event of a handover. The tense situation that could arise with Vladimir Putin’s government was known to Ecuadorian officials, according to the leak.

“Without the immediate logistical support of the United States…Ecuador could reconsider its planned donation despite Russian economic and internal political pressures,” the analysis published by the US portal indicates.

For its part, the Ecuadorian foreign ministry told The New York Times that there were no negotiations with Ukraine and that the legislation does not provide for the donation of military equipment and supplies, making the operation “impossible”.

In June last year, the president William Lasso expressed solidarity with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. While last December Ecuador asked the UN Security Council an end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Colombia, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina have denied that they are considering sending arms to some sides in the conflict.