As of: April 5, 2024, 1:40 p.m
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Alarm signals: The Ukrainian army can only use its Abrams tanks one at a time while it faces an effective hurdle against Putin's troops near Avdiivka.
Avdiivka - Things are not going well for Ukraine in the so-called Ukraine War, which is so called even though Russia is responsible for this war because of the imperialism of its autocratic ruler Vladimir Putin.
Against Vladimir Putin's troops: Ukrainians lack battle tanks
Not good, also because weapons deliveries from the West are demonstrably stalling, while Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba formally asked for more Patriot air defense systems to defend the skies over his homeland at the celebrations for NATO's 75th anniversary on Thursday (April 4). pleaded. Germany has now delivered more than 2,000 “Matador” anti-tank weapons to the Ukrainian army. But the Ukrainians themselves lack such battle tanks, which is why they can only react on the battlefield and no longer act.
This is illustrated by the next example. It comes from the 47th Mechanized Brigade and documents a double military defeat for the Ukrainians on a sector of the front against the Russian occupiers.
According to Ukrainian information, the Russians have installed anti-tank guided missiles at the former coking plant in Avdiivka. © Screenshot Defense Express/47. mechanized brigade
Ukrainian army assures: it still has M1 Abrams and Bradley tanks
Because: The security policy online portal
Defense Express (DE)
, which is close to the Kiev armed forces, was assured by a Ukrainian tank driver named Oleh, call sign Azimuth, that “both M1 Abrams main battle tanks and M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles continue to take part in combat operations contribute to this brigade's area of responsibility, namely on the Avdiivka operational axis in eastern Ukraine.
However, DE
's report
also states that the M1 Abrams are mainly used individually. Apparently to shoot at targets from a distance, and not in direct confrontation with other tanks. Because: Despite very high losses for the Russian troops on the Donbass front, Putin's units there, although old, have many more tanks to maintain their attacks on the Ukrainian defense lines. The fact that the Ukrainians (not only) have long been on the defensive here is the first military defeat in the East.
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Advantage Russia: According to military expert, Ukraine army lacks “equipment”
Significantly: As the Austrian military expert and Colonel Markus Reisner explained live today
on the ZDF live stream program at the beginning of April
, Ukraine is desperately trying to set up new attack brigades for the coming weeks and months. A few days ago, however, there was bad news, said Reisner, “that some of these brigades can no longer be equipped with equipment.” The Austrian Army officer explained that they were purely infantry brigades with foot soldiers: “That shows how precarious the situation is.”
Also because hardly any supplies of modern Western tanks can be expected, while Donald Trump's Republicans have been blocking a prepared and urgently needed military package from the Biden administration for Kiev worth a rumored $61 billion in the American Congress since December 2023. And: The Ukrainians are currently waiting for an estimated 139 Leopard main battle tanks from German industrial stocks and from Spain, while an ARD documentary revealed at the same time how long it takes to produce new Leopard 2 main battle tanks for Kiev's NATO supporters. There are bad omens in the struggle with Putin.
Ukraine War: Russian army can hold Avdiivka with anti-tank weapons
The second military defeat for the Ukrainians on the Donbass front is documented by drone footage that
DE
received from the 47th mechanized brigade. They show the former coking plant in the completely destroyed former industrial city of Avdiyiva, which Putin's invasion army was able to take in mid-February. And: “By installing anti-tank weapons at the highest points of this huge industrial facility, the Russians received an open all-round field of vision of the surrounding areas,” writes
DE
, so that the Ukrainian brigade could observe them from the air, but not attack them in a concentrated and sustained manner can.
What's more: The Ukrainians are keeping their remaining tanks in the region because they could come within range of the anti-tank weapons on the coking plant. It is not known what weapons Putin's army has installed here. It is probably the 9K135 Kornet anti-tank system, which can be placed back and forth on racks by individual soldiers. And despite being easy to use, it has a range of over five kilometers. The fact that France now even fears a major Russian offensive on Odessa in the south of Ukraine shows how much Putin is currently on the offensive. Also around Avdiivka.
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