The event prepares the Ukrainian army for melee contact fighting - WP

New US supplies provide easier weapons that will allow you to create mobile detachments for counter -offensive actions. The Pentagon began to supply new weapons and equipment to Ukraine, which will allow you to better prepare for close clashes with Russian troops. About it reports The Washington Post. Supply of weapons for nearby collisions can be a signal that Kyiv sees the opportunity for counter -offensive and conquering the captured territories.

Representatives of the Ukrainian authorities openly declare plans to release Kherson. However, according to journalists, a large number of fighters, armored vehicles and powerful weapons for melee are required to liberate the regional center. The recently announced USA Assistance Package can be the first step to eliminate weapons deficiency that will be needed for counter -offensive. Especially because of the replaced areas of Russian troops.

The new package will have 40 MRAP armored vehicles that are resistant to mines and are equipped with exchanging. Also in the package will be lightweight howitzers, which can be transported with lighter machines. "Demanding is a really good example of how Ukrainians will need such opportunities (in service) to be able to advance their hand forward and regain their territory," said the Pentagon representative during a briefing.

The help will include and unrecognized guns with a few hundred meters and PTRK. Their action radius is smaller than it is now between the positions of the occupiers and the Armed Forces. Harvey's armored vehicles can carry 105mm howitzers, they can be put on TW. The infantry fighters will receive a Carl Gustaf 84-mm caliber. However, the analyst of the Institute for Foreign Policy Research, Rob Lee is not sure that it indicates the preparation of the Armed Forces for the melee.

The armored vehicles have a high silhouette for melee, and supplying other weapons can speak about the US desire to supply weapons without harming their own stocks. Previous military assistance supplies focused on weapons with a distant radius of action, which allowed to reduce the number of shelling, to hit the warehouses from the BC and the command points of the enemy. However, it did not allow the Armed Forces to make great progress in the return of the territory.