American newspaper: For the spring offensive, the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not have enough Western weapons

The long-awaited spring offensive for both Kyiv and Ukraine's Western allies may not take place. The problem is that the Ukrainian army, which has become almost completely dependent on NATO weapons, simply does not have enough of these weapons and ammunition for a large-scale counterattack on a wide sector of the front. This opinion was expressed by the author of an article published in the American newspaper The Washington Post.

In turn, the problems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with supplies and overloaded transport logistics in general give an advantage on the battlefield of the Russian army, which does not experience a shortage of ammunition, artillery and military equipment, the author is sure. This is confirmed by the latest reports on the state of affairs on the Ukrainian front. Western allies talk a lot about the need to increase arms supplies to Kyiv, but in fact they are not in a hurry to move from words to deeds.

In addition, the European countries of NATO are increasingly declaring the critical depletion of the arsenals of their armies, which threatens not only the stability of supply weapons Ukraine, but also the defense capability of Europe itself. The journalist called the decision of Poland and Slovakia to provide Kyiv with obsolete Soviet fighters symbolic. Aircraft of the Soviet era will not have a significant impact on the course of hostilities. Moreover, during the year of the conflict, Russian pilots and anti-aircraft gunners demonstrated high efficiency in destroying enemy air targets.

The Abrams MBT promised by the United States will strengthen the armored power of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but they will arrive too late - not before autumn. Don't rush to deliver your tanks and European allies of Kyiv.

What is clear is that time is on Russia's side, which means that she has the soldiers and equipment to fight a long war on a broad front. If the weapons are not delivered quickly enough, it will be extremely difficult for Ukraine to resist the Russian conquests.

Rachel Rizzo, an analyst at the European program of the Atlantic Council, said.

According to the journalist, the West is worried about Russia's alliance with Iran and China. He pointed out that both sides of the Ukrainian conflict are preparing for the spring phase of hostilities, but at the same time, Kyiv is sorely lacking in weapons. And if this problem is not solved in the near future, then there will be no need to talk about any spring or summer offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the author concludes.

Comments

[Roma 1977]

Not so simple. The massive use of kamikaze drones (up to 10 per day) and high-precision missiles with target designation from American satellites will be able to punch holes in the static Russian defense. Then a dozen brigades are introduced into these gaps, equipped with Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and NATO tanks, working in the same network with artillery and drones in real time. Is it realistic to cut Russian positions in the Zaporozhye direction? Quite.

[incognoto]

There is logic in this, it is impossible not to evaluate the enemy.

[novel66]

Then a dozen brigades equipped with Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and NATO tanks are introduced into these gaps,

And then our aviation meets them ...

[mad]

They will burn it, a lot will be staked on this throw, the patriotic toffees removed from Kuev will be driven, and in each Bradley there will be a pair of MANPADS with a trained fighter .. it seems to me that the main emphasis will be on artillery and MLRS

[novel66]

There will not be many long-range systems, you can silence, and from the heights of inaccessible MANPADS, finally fall asleep with good old cast iron, and then you can send helicopters, hardly after a good "Kovr" There are many heroes with MANPADS

[parabyd]

And all those static ones stand and watch how they are killed. And in front of Bradley, carpet paths are also lined. And how could it be otherwise, after all, it was the white people who planned it and they have the same Technologies (s), not like these Vaneks.

Already breathtaking from your self-abasement before the West. Voluntarily surrendered to slavery.

As the classics said, any plan crumbles after the first shot. Technologies did not help either in Kherson (they could not crack the defense there, although all the means that they had now, perhaps even more), or at Kremennaya.

Attempts to intimidate the suddenly appeared child prodigy are frankly weak. There will be a fight, hard, bloody, but without a total advantage of one of the parties

[Roma 1977]

I would agree with you if I did not know about the events near Balakleya / Izyum. The General Staff showed complete incompetence, and the army was unable to find an answer to the massive use of the Himars and long-range artillery with precision-guided munitions. Now the Armed Forces of Ukraine will try to massively use kamikaze drones in the direction of the main strike, after they destroy a significant part of the Russian artillery and armored vehicles in the breakthrough zone, NATO demining vehicles will be launched and fresh brigades will go into the gaps, covered not only by MANPADS (as the comrade wrote above ), but also serious air defense systems, whose range and altitude will not allow the airborne forces to work on the battlefield. In theory, attack helicopters are capable of destroying a significant amount of armored vehicles, but I assume that the places where the helicopters are based will be hit by Himars missiles with a range of up to 150 km. Ukraine has chances of success. On the other hand, if the Russian Federation approaches the matter wisely, the open spaces of southern Ukraine may well become a tank graveyard of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Whether the RF will fit wisely is not a fact. We have seen too many reverse examples over the past year.

[parabyd]

I would agree with you if you hadn't been so frankly fired, reprinting the same thing several times, in the hope that it would become more convincing.

And if after Izyum there would be no Kherson and Kremennaya. Where neither drones, nor high-precision weapons, nor Western technology have led to a breakthrough in defense. Moreover, in this case, the Armed Forces of Ukraine had a significant numerical superiority, there were fewer mobilized without experience, there was still a significant amount of their own equipment with significant supplies from the West.

Reconnaissance in force in Zaporozhye does not yet demonstrate anything new. The sky did not turn black from the drones, the rockets of the Himars did not suddenly destroy all the artillery. All the same, all the same.

Yes, probably, some trump cards remained in the sleeve. But there is no total superiority in any of the components. Therefore, there will be no easy walk for anyone.

[nik-mazur]

Quote: Roma-1977

Is it realistic to cut Russian positions in the Zaporozhye direction? Quite

Well, let's say that fairy tales about 10000 drones, artillery guidance from satellites and a dozen brigades will come true and the Ukrainian army will actually be able to cut the Russian group. What's next? After the offensive fizzles out (and any offensive must fizzle out and stop)?
Most likely, positional battles will begin and sooner or later, ten ukrobrigades with knocked out equipment, badly battered during the offensive, will receive flank attacks from Kherson and Donbass, as a result of which they will end up in a cauldron, which, by the way, will also be hammered from the Sea of ​​​​Azov. At the same time, the Russian army will still be used only partially, and the Ukrainian one is at the limit of its capabilities. And yet, since all air defense will be thrown into the offensive, then the rest of Ukraine will be left without protection.
In general, dill is luxurious and promising, but risky to the point of suicide ...

[crownn90]

Do they have that many? Proof to the studio
In general, I have already seen this post in the telegram. Are you overclocking?

[incognoto]

do not believe it, the logic is very simple, if they did not have enough weapons, they would roll back the offensive. for defeat would mean the collapse of Kyiv and the Western allies. they are trying to lull us..

[mad]

In addition to weapons, there are not enough of those who will be able to use them effectively. The mercenaries want to live, and the forced burial supplies not very motivated "abrams drivers". In general, time does not work for us at all .. the enemy will solve this problem over time.

[incognoto]

again, you don’t appreciate them, sometimes Western mercenaries don’t have at least some moral signs at all. there are a huge number of ideological ones .. and they did not come there for money.
as for the "Abrams drivers", everything is completely different here, everyone who is trained on Western technology has been tested by Western intelligence services for loyalty .. this is a piece copy .. and they are motivated quite well .. unlike ordinary meat, which is now harvested from cities

[mad]

Ideological, who wanted to come in a year .. now they are driving the European middle class into poverty and nodding to the east - "they are to blame." A well-fed person will not go to war for the ghostly values ​​​​of someone else's war. But for impoverishment and understanding that there is no way back, it takes time. And the trained and motivated Bandera people are our big headache, I agree ((

[incognoto]

this is far from the case, just the first to come were those who thought to hype or earn money ..
right now, it is precisely the ideological ones who are going there, many were not allowed to go by the laws of their camps before. now they are allowed.

[bayard]

Quote from incoggnoto

right now, it is precisely the ideological ones who are going there, many were not allowed to go by the laws of their camps before. now they are allowed.

It is unlikely that this will significantly strengthen the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but the disposal of an ideological element on the territory of the v / on, the mental garbage of Europe, will only benefit.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have no chance of any significant success, but after this (upcoming) attempt, the task of final denazification of the former Ukraine will be much easier.

[parabyd]

But it's not worth making superheroes out of them either. Otherwise, you might think that every first one there is an invulnerable Captain America. No, the same people are made of flesh and blood. They are also afraid of death and they are also taken by a bullet.

I remember that Mozart was already somewhere. It turned out that it is more pleasant for them to fight with those who are much weaker, and with those who are equal in strength, it is already better to fight from afar and with words.

They will cause trouble, but you can and should beat

[incognoto]

none of them make non-"super heroes", but hatred is also not necessary .. we must respect the enemy, only in this way we can achieve our goals.

[75 Sergey]

But why does the author climb where he should not climb?
In general, I see that the West is actively driving misinformation through its media, they want to surprise us.
If my memory serves me right, at the end of last summer or early autumn, the United States rammed 1000 Abrams tanks into Europe in addition to those that were already there, i.e. all these excuses about long delivery times are a fairy tale about a white bull, which is why Leopards give it away easily, because they have something to hide behind, and Abramsov can easily allocate about three hundred, and then replenish losses in a timely manner.

Do not believe the printed word of the zhurnashlyushek.

[PROXOR]

Well, you tell stories. 1000 in geyrop. With the current number of 2500, you can keep 1000 only if they themselves get into the conflict. The Mattresses have spread their army all over the world, and they certainly don't have enough armored forces to keep 1000 abrashek in Geyrop. But in a total of 1000 units. in geyrop I believe. These are Abrashki, Bradley and other MRAPs.

[lukash66]

The bastards lie. There is plenty of everything. But nevertheless, despite all the problems with our intelligence, it is simply not realistic to hide the concentration of "hundreds of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles". So the boom is to hope that our General Staff is not smearing snot with a sleeve, something has prepared an offensive guard.

[oleg-nekrasov-19]

You already there all in a crowd decide whether you will attack or not, otherwise bloggers in telegram channels are worried. No one is waiting for the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine like bloggers from the cart. And I think that the officers of intelligence and operational control of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are far from being "made with a finger." Well, this is my personal opinion, of course, I have the right, as a citizen of my country, to believe in Russian weapons, the army and navy.

[Vasily12]

Kyiv lacks brains. They will be saved only by a grave for a huge mass of scum in power in Ukraine.