What are the possibilities of the Armed Forces: 26 out of 100 Leopard 2, and others are not repaired - the media

The use of these armored vehicles, as well as other equipment on the battlefield, showed that in the conditions of the Russian-Ukrainian war with its capabilities not all are fine. The situation with the weapons provided for Ukraine for the counter -offensive of 2023 is referred to in the article by Professor Columbia University, Stephen Bidle for Foreign Affairs.

Stephen Bidle analyzed the weapon that the Western countries provided to Ukraine in 2022-2023, as well as the F-16 fighters, which will come in 2024. After that, he concluded about Leopard 2 tanks who actively participated in offensive operations, but did not help the Armed Forces to break through the defense line of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The article states that Ukraine has received about 100 LEOPARD 2 tanks from the tank coalition (except for them, the American Abrams tanks, which were supplemented by the Soviet T-64 and T-72 Park). During the offensive actions of the summer of 2023, the professor explained that the tanks were used to break the powerful line of defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which the enemy managed to erect in the summer of 2023.

However, they did not bring success because they had to act in the languages ​​of "close coordination of all -military forces with infantry, artillery and engineers. " This coordination, according to the poor, was not. However, their work should be provided by some specialized infrastructure. Instead, there was also no such coherence in Ukraine. "Ukraine proved to be incapable of providing them in 2023.

The poorly supported Leopard 2 led the first summer attacks, but made minor progress," Bidle said. The article states that other Western weapons also did not contribute to (whether or not contributing in the future) to gain benefits for Ukraine: as a result, the author listed a dozen military campaigns conducted by the United States, Israel, France, the United Kingdom, etc. in the second half of the 20th century.

Most of them were successful only when the enemy had weak defense, which today is not in the Russian-Ukrainian war. "The forecast for Ukraine depends largely on the future assistance of the West, but even if the conflict continues, it will most likely remain a war for a long time if Russia ceases to fight or a coup in Moscow. its Western allies of patience for a long difficult war.

" Stephen Bidle is a professor of international relations and public relations with Columbia University, a member of the Arnold A. Zaltzmann Institute of War and Peace, who worked in the US Department of Defense Council. In the scientific work of the professor - articles on the possible war of the Western Pacific, the study of various security issues.

There is also an analysis of the situation in Ukraine, for example, "Ukraine and the future of offensive maneuvers", "Again in the trenches: why new technologies did not revolutionize in the war in Ukraine" and others. It should be noted that on January 23, 18 meetings of the Ramstein contact group were held, which was attended by about 50 countries.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said that according to the Armed Forces meeting, long -term missiles, shells, helicopters and other equipment will receive. The German government has specified that it will receive the Bundesver Bundesver SEA King helicopters, who are able to track submarines. Meanwhile, the Pentagon explained that they could not provide weapons because of lack of funding: they offer training grounds.