SEND IN THE TANKS: After insisting for months that sending advanced U.S. M1A2 tanks to Ukraine was a really bad idea that would “burden” the Ukrainian army instead of bolstering it, the Biden administration appears about to execute a sudden about-face, although it's unclear if any of the Abrams…
SEND IN THE TANKS: After insisting for months that sending advanced U.S. M1A2 tanks to Ukraine was a really bad idea that would “burden” the Ukrainian army instead of bolstering it, the Biden administration appears about to execute a sudden about-face, although it's unclear if any of the Abrams tanks will arrive in advance of an expected spring offensive by Russian forces.
General Dynamics already has a $1.15 billion contract to deliver 250 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams main battle tanks to Poland awarded last August, and with its production line running full tilt, some of those Abrams could in theory go to Ukraine first.
“Those saying ‘just give them the damned tanks!’ have likely never seen the choreography to making this work on the battlefield,” Hertling tweeted. “And those saying ‘Ukraine has already incorporated other things, they can do this too!’ I'd only say I've seen US units — at our training centers and in combat get just a few things wrong and it causes disaster and failure. Lethal tanks turn into pillboxes that don't move or shoot.”US URGES SHIFT IN STRATEGY: The U.S.
“Austin told me that a ‘realistic goal for this year’ would be for the Ukrainians to cut the ‘land bridge’ between Crimea and Russia that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces occupied last year,” Boot wrote. “If that doesn’t happen, he warns, we could see a ‘frozen conflict,’ with the Russians ‘squatting on the territory they currently occupy.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov weighed in with a statement condemning the expected announcement. “Unfortunately more weapons from NATO bring more suffering for people in Ukraine. It also brings more attention to the continent but it cannot prevent Russia from reaching our goals.” “In Russian media, Russian government officials are continuing to drum up the thought that with the Russian people, they may have to use nuclear weapons,” said retired Army Gen. Wes Clark, former NATO commander, earlier this week. “We know they've even gotten their nuclear artillery pieces moved forward into Ukraine. We don't know if that's preparation, routine, or something else.”
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