On Tuesday, in the US Senate, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley debated the effectiveness of US military aid to Ukraine.
“Ukraine’s spring offensive has a good chance of success,” the Pentagon chief assessed. “In the spring, when the conditions for maneuvers improve, I think the intensity of the fight will increase,” he noted.
Serious problems of the Russians
During a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Lloyd Austin was asked whether Ukraine currently has an advantage over the Russian Federation on the battlefield. The US Defense Secretary drew attention to the losses suffered by Russian troops during the attacks in Donbass. – The Ukrainians have reduced their armored vehicles to an unimaginable level. That is why we are now seeing Russia reaching its T-54 and T-55 tanks. (…) This shows that their capabilities are shrinking – Moscow has particular problems with the availability of artillery ammunition, he said.
General Mark Milley, on the other hand, insisted that US aid to the Ukrainians was being “effectively used”, as evidenced by the losses of the Russian armed forces. – Anti-tank ammunition, artillery have a devastating effect on the Russians, who already have more than 200,000 casualties. Players. Their offensive aspirations have almost stopped,” the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
Faced with the mass destruction of Russian armored vehicles by the Ukrainian military, the US side also opines that the Kremlin is forced to “favor” tanks from the Soviet era decades ago.
According to Pentagon data, Ukraine reduced its stock of Russian armored vehicles “in ways no one could have imagined.”
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