BTR Insufficient: Ukraine needs heavy tanks and long -range missiles - The Economist

About it writes The Economist on Thursday, January 12. British journalists are convinced that M2 Bradley combat vehicles are similar to French AMX and German Marder, which have agreed to hand over to Ukraine, though they are powerful weapons, but not enough for victory. "It's an APC with guns, not real tanks that have a stronger armor and more powerful guns.

If Ukraine continues to work on the expulsion of Russia from the stolen land, it will need more: heavy tanks and rockets of more range," - writes the British media. According to The Economist, American Abrams tanks and German Leopard will significantly improve the situation on the front. With the help of modern tanks of the Armed Forces, they will be able to discard the occupiers to the borders, which they kept until a full -scale invasion of February 24, 2022.

And more frequent ammunition for HIMARS will put pressure on the invaders who have given their logistics units and management centers beyond Ukraine's reach. According to the British newspaper, some Western allies of Ukraine fear that it can try to draw the event into a direct conflict, starting an attack on Russia itself, not on Russian troops in those parts of Ukraine that the Kremlin issues for Russian.

Another concern is that if Russia goes too far or too fast, its President Vladimir Putin can go to escalation and, in the worst case, even provoke a nuclear war. "It is not unjustified fears. However, as a financier and gunman of Ukraine, the West may insist that his weapons were not used to attack Russia. Moreover, Mr. Putin threatened with fire and sulfur from the very beginning of the war.

On the first day he said:" Everyone who thinks about intervention from the outside: if you do it, you will encounter the consequences greater than those you face in history. "Despite these threats, the constant intervention of the event had no obvious consequence Introduction to NATO, which was allegedly a red line for Russia, has not yet become, " - the journalists said. British journalists emphasize that without the supply of heavy weapons, the conflict in Ukraine will be "frozen".

In the Kremlin, this can be considered a victory as Russia will be able to strengthen its position and prepare for a new assault. In this case, Russia will continue to block the work of Ukrainian ports, which will continue to beat the economy.

"If Ukraine fails to get out of the dead end quickly, it risks repeating 2014 when Russia and its puppet were seized pieces This is so, although Mr Putin has not been able to reach control of Ukraine, he can still prevent its prosperity as a democratic, independent developing country - and it will be considered a kind of victory, " - writes The Economist.

Therefore, according to Western media, the Kremlin, including nuclear, cannot be inferior to the threats of the Kremlin, as it can create a dangerous precedent. Instead, the event has been able to supply Ukraine with difficulty weapons to help it complete the war. "The idea that giving Marder is much safer than sending Leopard is a mistake. We will remind, on January 11 in the British government confirmed plans to pass on Ukraine heavy tanks of Challenger 2.