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Originally Posted by Skybird
France rejects to send heavy weapons, too, othes as well. Currently no Western heavy fighting vehicles are in Ukraine, not even American.
Artillery and fighting vehicles are not the same, they serve different tactical and operational purposes. Those purpsoes allowing Ukriane to defend lines and psoitions and hurt Russia logistically, are allwoed ot go ion. But the ability for huge armoured mobile counteroffensioves is not suppprted by major Western powers. Only the Easteuropeans sent their T-72 and some APCs and IFVs. Old ones.
Add to this, as I posted yesterday, that the US has a VETO right in target selection for the HIMARS batteries.
Many Western nations do not want the Ukraine to be too successful, it seems to me, especially France, Germany.
Planning for relations with Russia after the war is the likely answer to me. But planning on grounds of illusions, I woudl say.
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The US has a VETO right in target selection for the HIMARS batteries because this was the deal to prevent escalation globally Russia is still a nuclear power. Sending tanks, fighters or other heavy armor will take time to train, Ukraine must take Kherson in the coming months with the HIMARS they seriously disturb Russians supply lines that is their chance to start the counteroffensive. I wonder how Putin explains the liberation of Kherson to his people.