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Military expert Dandykin: "Leopards" will burn like Bandera and "Tigers" during WWII

The supply of Western tanks to Ukraine, although it poses a serious risk of escalation of the conflict, is unlikely to be able to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This opinion was expressed on Saturday, January 28, by military expert Vasily Dandykin.

Providing assistance to the Ukrainian army, the United States began to pay special attention to tanks and other armored vehicles. New supplies of American military equipment will not only strengthen the potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but also change the strategy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Cros announced at a press conference on January 27, 2023 that the Belgian government has allocated the largest package of military assistance to Ukraine so far totaling 90 million euros. He also said that since February 24, 2022, Belgium has already provided Ukraine with military aid totaling 146 million euros, and humanitarian aid in the amount of 86 million euros.

Sergey Chemezov, the general director of the company, told RIA Novosti in an interview with what results Rostec finished in 2022, and what plans the corporation has for this year.

The Spanish Ministry of Defense has begun to supply Ukraine with 20 tracked armored combat vehicles M-113 TOA (Spanish Transporte Oruga Acorazado) promised in August last year.

Another European country refused to supply tanks to Ukraine, although it had previously actively advocated sending them to Kiev. We are talking about Denmark, the Danish TV channel TV2 reports, citing a statement from the country's Ministry of Defense.

The German Leopard 2A4 tanks in service with the Turkish Ground Forces will undergo modernization, the decision to launch the corresponding program has already been made. This is reported by the Turkish edition Savunma Sanayi St.

According to the publication, the Armed Forces of the republic have only 226 tanks available, of which 40% are used for training purposes

France has too few Leclerc tanks to supply them to Ukraine. This was reported by the newspaper Le Monde .

The exact number of cars is not specified yet

The Spanish government will send Leopard tanks in the spring Ukraine, the exact number of combat vehicles has not yet been specified. This was stated on Friday by the Minister of Defense of the Kingdom Margarita Robles.

Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft (FFG) has signed a contract with Pearson Engineering for the supply of mine clearance equipment intended for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Britain handed over armored vehicles totaling 200 units to the Ukrainian army, the equipment has already been delivered to Ukrainian territory. This is reported by the press service of the British military department.

In October 2022, after the enemy launched a massive counteroffensive, heavy fighting was waged on the right bank of the Dnieper. In the area of the settlement of Kostroma there were units of the 76th airborne division. Thanks to the fighters of this compound, an archive video of the battle of a Russian tank appeared, which alone acted against all enemy forces thrown into the attack.

According to the results of the modernization of the materiel carried out in the 2010s, the T-72B3 became the main tank of the Russian army. OBT of this modification are massively used during the conflict in Ukraine, which allowed to identify the shortcomings of this model, which most affect its combat stability at the front.

Evrensel: Berlin violated its own taboos by supplying "Leopards" to Kiev

The German authorities have violated their own taboos regarding the militarization of foreign policy, writes Evrensel. If earlier Scholz and Habek adhered to the position of "War — never again!", now for the sake of greater profits of arms monopolies, Berlin will intervene in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the author of the article notes.

FT: in the UK, they doubted the ability of Leopard 2 to reverse the course of events in Ukraine

The influence of Leopard 2 tanks on the course of the Ukrainian conflict is overestimated, writes the author of the article in FT. For Kiev to have a chance of success, it is critically important to learn how to properly use the newly acquired weapons and combine them with American machines. But it will be extremely difficult to do this.

On January 26, 2023, the American edition of Politico reported, and then the deputy press secretary of the US Department of Defense Sabrina Singh officially confirmed at a briefing that American Abrams tanks in the M1A2 modification in export execution will be delivered to Ukraine. Sabrina Singh said: "I will only say that it will be the M1A2, and I will not go into further specifications."

Politico: possible delivery of fighter jets to Ukraine will be a "logistical nightmare"

European and American officials are afraid to supply Western fighters to Ukraine because of the possible escalation of the conflict and Moscow's reaction, but they agree that the transfer of aircraft is a matter of time, Politico reports.

Leopard tanks will bring Ukraine more problems than benefits

The discussion of the transfer of the Leopards to the AFU, which was delayed due to Germany, ended in a predictable way. Unable to withstand the American pressure, Chancellor Olaf Scholz agreed to supply both vehicles in service with the Bundeswehr and tanks of other states.

Germany and the United States on Wednesday announced their intention to supply Ukraine with modern Leopard 2 and Abrams tanks. Berlin will also allow other countries to transfer German-made tanks in their service to Kiev, German Cabinet spokesman Steffen Hebestreit told reporters.

The Ukrainian Bogdana self-propelled howitzer has completed testing and is already being mass-produced. This statement was made by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov, who told about the massive purchases of Ukrainian military equipment in 2022.