2024-04-29 22:31:00
Ukraine‘s losses in the war with Russia now include many tanks from NATO stocks. But: The US is sending more heavy weapons.
Kiev – The US appears to have once again sent dozens of Bradley infantry fighting vehicles to Kiev’s armed forces during the Ukraine war so that Ukrainian soldiers can better protect themselves as they fight against Russia’s aggression, which violates the law international.
Arms deliveries to Ukraine: US sends Bradley tanks after losses
A video has resurfaced on X (formerly Twitter) showing several American Bradleys at a presumably Polish cargo port. Compared to previous arms deliveries from the United States to the Ukrainian army, this could be the large container port of Gdansk on the Baltic Sea – not far from the border with Germany.
The video, said to be current, was shared on social media by several bloggers on Sunday (April 28). It shows at least a dozen Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, several engineering tanks as well as tank trucks and several Humvee military jeeps, which Ukraine is already using against the invading troops of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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On April 23, Ukrainian bloggers on the video shows several Bradley infantry fighting vehicles in close proximity to each other on powerful low loaders. At this point, American tanks were said to be already on their way to the front, where Ukrainian marines had just liberated the island of Dnipro in the south.
Shortly before that, both chambers of the US Congress approved a military aid package worth $61 billion after a long blockade by Donald Trump’s Republicans. In addition to the Bradleys, the weapon deliveries include ATACMS medium-range missiles as well as other guided missiles for HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, Patriot anti-aircraft missiles and many 155 mm artillery shells for M777 howitzers as well as other artillery systems such as the german self-propelled howitzer 2000.
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Ukraine’s losses: Many tanks were lost against Vladimir Putin’s troops
The Ukrainians are in dire need of supplies. In recent months, for example, they have had to ration their artillery shells significantly, which is why, according to various reports, in some front sectors there were seven Russian shells for every Ukrainian shell. Significant losses among the delivered Western tanks added greatly to the pressure on the defenders at this point.
By the numbers: According to the open source information website Oryx, which documents military losses using photographs and maps, the Ukrainian armed forces had lost around 796 tanks to Putin’s army as of April 20. Among other things, the losses to Kiev included 30 Leopard 2 tanks and five US M1 Abrams (see tweet below). Bradley’s fleet is also damaged in the meantime.
Ukrainian Bradley tank: successful against Putin’s Russian battle tanks
This was not only documented by a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle left in the Donbass front line town of Avdiivka, which the Russians pulled out in the media. loud New York Times (NYT) For example, on June 8, 2023, the 47th Assault Brigade lost a total of 25 tanks in one attack in a minefield near Mala Tokmatschka (Zaporizhia region) – including 16 Bradleys in one fell swoop.
Like different sources like the magazine for European Security and Technology Write, Ukraine received about 109 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles from the USA in the spring and summer of 2023. With the powerful 25 mm M242 “Bushmaster” machine gun, individual Ukrainian tank crews were after Russian main battle tanks T -72 to steer even. The Ukrainians repeatedly launched single Bradleys against fully mechanized Russian formations consisting of several tanks, which could therefore be stopped. After all their own losses, it seems there are now supplies from the United States. (p.m.)
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