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Thanks for the info, Magz. I hope the Ukrainians who have been trained in the West will know enough to operate the tanks.

I'm surprised how open Britain has been about training Ukrainian soldiers. I'd keep my mouth shut if I was them. But hey, this is how stupid Britain is these days.

Thanks for the info, Magz. I hope the Ukrainians who have been trained in the West will know enough to operate the tanks.

I'm surprised how open Britain has been about training Ukrainian soldiers. I'd keep my mouth shut if I was them. But hey, this is how stupid Britain is these days.

Update from Ukraine | The chance for Ukrainian army in Bakhmut | Abrams Tanks Approved USA❤UA
Denys Davydov
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Poland to send 60 more tanks to Ukraine
10 hours ago

Poland has pledged to send more tanks to Ukraine to aid in the war against Russia, following Germany, Canada and the United States to support the nation.

The country’s Prime Minister says 60 of its retrofitted PT-91 tanks will be given to the Ukrainian military in addition to the 14 Leopard 2 tanks already pledged to the war effort.

Poland has regarded itself as one of Ukraine’s most steadfast allies, being the first country to provide its neighbour with 250 tanks last year.

Australia sending Bushmaster vehicles to Ukraine
13 hours ago

The Prime Minister has inspected Bushmaster vehicles which Australia is sending to Ukraine amid global calls for more tanks to fight Russia.

Ukraine has been requesting more assistance from Australia as it approaches one year since the beginning of the Russian invasion.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, “We have committed to providing 90 Bushmasters to Ukraine and there on the ground making difference each and every day to the defence of that Nation.”

I'm curious to see how useful these (much heavier) western tanks end up being.

I'm anticipating the PT-91s will end up being more valuable, especially compared to the older Leopard 2 variants. This is both due to the western tanks weighing more (and thereby risking damage to bridges they need to cross) as well as the PT-91s having more modern fire-control systems than the '80s era Leopard 2A4s some allies are sending.

The problem is, we're running out of spare parts for repairing post-Soviet tanks.
So, as all the T-72 family tanks get used and damaged in the battle but their parts are produced only in Russia, our capacity of repairing them is rapidly shrinking.

The war does not seem to end any soon - so the only reasonable solution is to switch to Western tanks that can be produced and repaired in the West. When it comes to repairing, Leopards are best because their parts are available almost locally. But they need training the soldiers for entirely new machines.

Leopards have much better firing systems. Challengers are almost undestructable. Abrams tanks are designed for good firepower, great communications and interoperativity.
All don't have the main weakness of T-72s, which is storing ammo not separated from the crew, resulting in spectacular tank explosions grilling their crews.

But the main problem is, we'll run out of spare parts for post-Soviet tanks in a couple of months, so Ukrainian troops need to start training for Western tanks now to be able to switch to them before the West run out of T-72 parts.

Former Marine: Western tanks, armored vehicles will make a difference for Ukraine on the battlefield
TVP World
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218,027 views Jan 26, 2023 #RockRachon #UkraineWar #Ukraine
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Rock Rachon 25.01.23

Guests: Lt. Col. Hunter Ripley Rawlings

On this episode of „Rock Rachon” former Marine Corps Infantry and Reconnaissance Officer Lieutenant Colonel Hunter Ripley „Rip” Rawlings tells us about the news package of military equipment destined for Ukraine. Lt. Col. Rawlings tells us, how the western weapons and their advanced systems will push the advantage to the Ukrainian side. The package of vehicles provided by the USA is especially potent, as these vehicles have built-in the ability to safely connect with each other and optimally cooperate on the battlefield. We also talk about the German Leopard 2 MBTs, which have been finally „freed”, albeit only after the US pledged their Abrams MBTs to Ukraine...

Over One Hundred Thousand Russian Soldiers Face Siege! The Russian Army Can't Save Them!
Turan Yaşar
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The war intensified in late 2022 and it was predicted that it would intensify even more in early 2023. And so it did. Serious clashes are taking place every day in the east and south of Ukraine. A new development that has not gone unnoticed is the activity on the Crimean peninsula. We will analyze what is happening there in detail together. But first, it would be better to talk about the latest developments in the eastern and southern regions where the war is raging. Let's take a look at these developments together.
The Russian occupiers are trying very hard not to withdraw from the occupied territories in the face of serious operations by the Ukrainian army. But the Russian army is not succeeding. Ukrainian air defense systems repel almost all attacks of the Russian troops and respond to the attacks in kind. For this reason, every day hundreds of Russian soldiers withdraw from the occupied territories or surrender to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Ukrainian Air Force recently carried out a major operation against the Russian invaders. This operation targeted the town of Makiivka in Donetsk Oblast, where the war is raging. In Makiivka, Russian troops were using a school as a temporary base. Hundreds of Russian soldiers were staying at this base. The Ukrainian army located the base and started the operation. The school used as a temporary base was targeted with missiles and artillery systems. With the successful operation of the Ukrainian Air Force, the Russian base was destroyed. The school used as a base was completely destroyed!
The basement of the base was used as an ammunition depot. This increased the intensity of the explosions and the area where the school was located turned into a fireball. According to the statement made by Ukraine, as a result of this operation, about 600 Russian soldiers were killed and tons of ammunition were destroyed. But Russia said it lost very few soldiers in this attack. Russia first said it lost 63 soldiers. Later it announced that this number had risen to 89.
An important claim was made in this development in Makiivka. According to Russia's statement, the soldiers staying at the school, which was used as a temporary base, had turned on their cell phones despite the ban. The Russian wing claimed that Ukraine had located the Russian soldiers for this reason. No statement was made by Ukraine about this allegation. Russia's statement is an admission that Russian soldiers are very inexperienced.
Bakhmut is another area where fighting has been intensifying for a long time in the Russian-Ukrainian war. A few days ago, a total of 43 clashes were fought in Bakhmut in 24 hours. Serhiy Cherevaty, the spokesman for the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, made a statement about what happened in Bakhmut. Cherevaty said in his statement: "A total of 281 shelling of positions and infrastructure and 43 clashes took place in one day on the Bakhmut direction of the front. The occupiers lost 107 soldiers and 123 Russian soldiers were wounded."