NoFor the past few days, Moscow has been showing photos of damaged or abandoned American and German tanks, saying it destroyed 25 to 30% of the Western weapons Ukraine had received, and that these figures could not be independently verified, Agence France-Presse reported. AFP).
It is a certainty that Ukrainian forces will face landmines, large-scale explosives and heavy Russian artillery, which have caused casualties in their attempts to break through the enemy’s defense lines, although the counteroffensive is in its infancy.
According to Oryx, a specialized ‘site’ that lists these losses based on photos or videos taken on the battlefield, Kiev lost four recently delivered German Panther tanks, two French AMX-10 RC FR reconnaissance tanks and more than 70 tanks. Western Infantry Battle.
“The war will undoubtedly intensify. For Ukraine’s international partners, the summer will be very uncomfortable. Casualties will mount and victories will take time to materialize,” warned Jack Watling of the British think tank Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
According to Watling, it is necessary that “the training programs of the Ukrainian units allow to build strength, and the mobilization of the defense sector to provide military equipment to Ukraine in the long term.”
Despite European efforts to accelerate production rates, some countries have already warned of their limits, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius stressed this Monday.
Arming the Ukrainian forces was at the center of a meeting of the contact group for Ukraine in Brussels this Thursday, attended by defense officials, ahead of a meeting of the alliance’s defense ministers.
The United States gave a further sign of support for the situation by announcing $325 million in additional military aid on Tuesday, with more announcements likely to come during the next Atlantic alliance summit in Vilnius on July 11-12.
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