West ‘jolted’ by Ukrainian armor losses – WSJ
Kiev’s troops blame their country's foreign backers for not providing fighter jets and other arms to fight Russia, the newspaper has reported
A Ukrainian Leopard 2 tank and several Bradley fighting vehicles destroyed by the Russian forces. © Telegram / Russian Defense Ministry
Ukraine’s inability to breach Russian defensive lines in the first weeks of its much-lauded counteroffensive has forced a change of approach among its military, according to the Wall Street Journal. Kiev’s troops are adapting to a new reality after Western-supplied armor failed to be the game changer they had hoped, the newspaper has reported.
The US and its allies supplied dozens of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine and trained thousands of its troops ahead of the push, which began last month. However, the “swift loss” of armor during the initial weeks of the campaign “jolted Ukraine and its Western backers,” the paper reported on Tuesday.
Ukrainian troops are now training “how to advance methodically on foot, moving from one line of trees to another,” and hope they will eventually find an opportunity for a major breakthrough against Russian defenses.
Russian minefields and air superiority and a shortage of Ukrainian supplies are among the factors playing against Kiev, according to the article. At the same time, Russian troops are “vulnerable” and “generally less well prepared and supplied” than Ukrainian forces.
Western nations “blundered” by providing armor but not fighter jets and sufficient air-defense systems, a 49-year-old Ukrainian commander told the WSJ.
Frontline troops have reportedly been forced to adapt, including by constructing improvised weapons to use against the enemy. One unit’s “latest innovation” described by the newspaper was “a remote-controlled machine gun attached to the base of an electric wheelchair.” The invention had not been tested in battle at the time of writing, the WSJ noted.
Despite the setbacks, the morale of Ukrainian troops appeared high if somewhat fatalistic, judging by the report. One officer claimed that victory was the only option for his soldiers because “we’ve got nothing to lose” and would “all be dead” otherwise.
Moscow has accused the US of derailing last year’s peace talks with Kiev and forcing it into fighting “to the last Ukrainian.” It perceives the conflict as part of Washington’s proxy war against Russia, waged in an attempt to preserve its waning global power.
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20% of Ukrainian weapons destroyed in just two weeks – New York Times
Kiev’s Western-supplied tanks and armored vehicles “all burned,” one soldier told the newspaper
Ukrainian soldiers repair a Leopard 2 tank in Zaporozhye region, Russia, Wednesday, June 21, 2023 © AP Photo / Andrey Andreyenko
The Ukrainian military lost 20% of the equipment it sent to the battlefield during the first two weeks of its counteroffensive, the New York Times reported on Saturday. This high attrition rate was reportedly a key factor in Kiev’s decision to pause the operation.
Beginning in early June, Ukrainian forces launched a series of attacks all along the front line from Kherson to Donetsk. Advancing through minefields and without air support, the Ukrainian military lost 26,000 men and more than 3,000 pieces of military hardware, according to the latest figures from the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Ukrainian losses were at their highest during the initial two weeks of the offensive, the New York Times claimed, citing unnamed American and European officials. These officials said that up to 20% of Ukraine’s tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed in this period, including many Western-provided vehicles.
For some units, Western equipment was lost at an even higher rate, the Times continued, citing figures from a pro-Ukrainian organization. Ukraine’s 47th Mechanized Brigade – a NATO-trained unit – apparently lost 30% of its 99 Bradley Infantry Fighting vehicles in two weeks, while the 33rd Mechanized Brigade lost nearly a third of its 32 German-made Leopard tanks in a single week.
“They all burned,” said one Ukrainian soldier who witnessed at least six Western vehicles destroyed in a single Russian artillery barrage. Another Ukrainian fighter told the Times that his unit’s Bradleys run over anti-tank mines on a daily basis. While the troops inside often survive, the vehicles are left immobilized long before they reach Russian lines.
According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian forces have destroyed a total of 311 Ukrainian tanks since June 4. “At least a third of them, I believe, were Western-made tanks, including Leopards,” Putin told Russia 24 TV on Thursday.
After the first two weeks, Ukrainian commanders decided to pause the counteroffensive, and losses subsequently dropped to 10%, the Times claimed. President Vladimir Zelensky acknowledged the pause this week, but blamed the West for failing to supply him with enough weapons and equipment for a successful operation.
With little territorial gain to show for Kiev’s losses, Western officials have expressed disappointment at the pace of the offensive, according to a steady trickle of media reports since mid-June. Zelensky and some of his top officials still insist that the decisive phase of their counteroffensive has yet to begin.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Western backers are running low on ammunition, particularly 155mm artillery shells. US President Joe Biden admitted this week that “we’re low” on these shells, explaining that the shortage compelled him to send controversial cluster munitions in their stead. The US has also stalled on approving the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets, something that Kiev insists will help restart the faltering counteroffensive.
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그들의 보도에 의하면
러시아 군은 개전 부터 지금까지.....단 한번도 이겨 본 적이 없습니다..
일주일이면 끝날 것이다는 전쟁이 1년이 넘게 계속되고 잇다는 것은
러시아 군이 얼마나 당나라 군대 인지를 보여준 것이라고 햇습니다..
우크라인 전쟁에서 러시아는 항상 허둥되고 깨지고 처 발리기만 하는데
우크라인 군은 잃어버린 자신들의 땅을 되 찾지 못 하고 잇습니다.
작은 거짓말은 넘어 갈 수 잇습니다..
하지만 큰 거짓말은 시간이 지나면 반드시 들어나게 되어 잇습니다.
큰 거짓말은 시간이 지나게 되면서 반드시 자체의 모순을 들어낼 수 밖에 없기 때문이지요.
동경 대 폭격이 일어나고...천황의 황궁의 불에 타고 잇는데.....
대 일본 제국이 이기고 잇다는 거짓말은 지속될 수 없지요..
최근 들어 서구 언론들은 영 괴상한 보도를 계속 내고 잇습니다..
위 기사는 뉴욕 타임즈와 월 스트리트 저널을 응용 하엿지만...다른 신문이나 방송도 마찬가지 입니다..
안 하던 짓들을 막 처 하기 시작 한 것이지요..
승승장구만 한다는 우크라인 군이 ..깨지고 잇다는 기사를 올리기 시작한 것입니다..
그동안 입에 거품을 처 물며...러시아 군과 푸틴만 씹어 되던 한국의 언론에서도
부위기가 바뀜을 느낄 수 잇습니다..
-러시아 놈들이 한살짜리 여자아이 강간햇다....까야야야야.......악..........................
최소 방송을 할때만는 약이나 뽕은 안 처 먹고 하는 직업윤리 정도는 갖췃쓰면 좋겟습니다.
방송이 당골래 히스테리 푸는 곳도 아니고..
서구 언론이 톤이 바뀐것은 ...털어내기-손절- 들어간 것으로 해석 하면 된다고 햇지요??
물론 물밑에서 무슨일이 진행되고 잇는지는 ...우린 알 수 없습니다...
하지만 수면위에서 벌어지는 일 정도는 평가 할 수 잇어야지요..
다른소린 우크라인 전쟁의 시작 부터....맥그리거나, 스캇 리터,,뭐시하이머,,문 어브 알라바마,,늙대와의 춤을 등등의
비됴를 올리면서
전쟁이 어떤식으로 진행되고 잇는가를 죽....말씀드려 왓습니다..
그런 내용은 기존의 보도와는 너무 다른것이라........다만 시간이 말 해 줄 것이라고 햇지요??
물론 시간이 흐르면 ..그때가서 그때의 다른 이슈로 옮겨 타고 ..싹 발라 버리면 됩니다..
-요즘에 누가 우크라인 전쟁을 이야기 하나....눈치가 없네..
-취지지지ㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣ
이런것은 노무현교 쥐쇗끼때들의 18번이기도 하지요.
그런데 다른소린 두고보기 하나는 잘 한다고 햇지요.
탁히 잘 하는 것도 없는데...그런것이라도 잘 해 야지요..
이 찌지리는 대체 무슨 생각으로 우크라인을 간 것입니까??
노무현은 이락크에 침략군을 파병 하면서....국익을 나발거렷지요...
그 파병으로 무슨 국익이 생긴다는 것인지.....다른소린 노무현의 아니니 그 해골속의 셈법을 알 수 없엇지만
남의 나라가 피 흘리고 죽어 가고 잇는 데....그런곳에 군대 보네면서 대 놓고 국익...운운하는 것은
개 돼야쥐 쐣끼들이나 할 짓이엿지요..
노무현은 진정한 쥐쇗끼엿고....쥐 쇗끼답게 처신하다 쥐 쇄끼처럼 되젓지요..
성렬이가 우크라인에 간 이유는
500조가 넘은 우크라인 재건 사업에서 때 돈을 벌기 위한 사전 포석이라고 합니다.
헤요...
이게 전쟁하고 잇는 나라에 두고 할 말입니까???
산적을 피하니 화적때를 만단다고..
화냥년을 피 하니 갈보를 만납니다...
노무현이 끝나니...윤성열을 만난 것이니....
뭔 팔자가 이리도 개 죶 같은지 모르겟습니다..