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Most of the weapons provided aren't sufficient to retake territory. The only reason why Ukraine regained the north of Kiev is because Russia packed up and left.
by Sakos 5y ago
Most of the weapons provided aren't sufficient to retake territory. The only reason why Ukraine regained the north of Kiev is because Russia packed up and left.
Ukraine has primarily been getting short-range defensive weapons and some drones. You need armor and artillery to mount effective offensives. It's clear so far that while Ukraine can put up a stiff resistance, they aren't as capable of doing the required combined arms assaults that they need to push Russia out.
- lolc 5y agoMy understanding is that Ukrainian units have been supplied with and trained on modern artillery for the last few years. And that this is the reason that they can hold against the Russian army so well.
- Sakos 5y agohttps://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/04/27/ukraines-artillery-might-be-winning-the-war-with-russia/?sh=e07a8993b48d https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/04/27/ukraines-ar... Everything I've read so far makes me believe that they mostly or only have ex-Soviet artillery. I don't doubt that they had help training though.
- lolc 5y agoThanks for pointing that out.