The article notes that Washington has for many months avoided handing over to Kyiv complex new military systems that require training.
“This tactic has changed - first the United States sent (to Ukraine. -
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) American artillery, then longer-range missile systems and recently the Patriot system, which require training outside of Ukraine,” the material says.
Michael Kofman, a Russia expert at the CNA think tank, considers infantry fighting vehicles, artillery and precision-guided projectiles to be the most important parts of military assistance to Kyiv.
“The promised small number of tanks is the least important part of this,” he stressed.
Earlier, the Ukrainian ambassador to France, Vadim Omelchenko, said that Western countries had promised to transfer 321 tanks to the Ukrainian army so far.
Former French Secretary of State Pierre Lelouch, who served under President Nicolas Sarkozy, said the West was exacerbating the conflict by supplying arms to Ukraine.