Ukraine Conflict
Moscow launched a special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022 with the aim of saving the people of Donbass - primarily the Russian-speaking population - from Kiev's constant attacks.

Ukraine's Lack of Tanks, Armored Vehicles Makes it Unable to Seize Russian Defenses

© Sputnik / Konstantin Mikhalchevsky / Go to the mediabankRussian servicemen taking part in Moscow's special military operation in Ukraine. File photo
Russian servicemen taking part in Moscow's special military operation in Ukraine. File photo - Sputnik India, 1920, 10.07.2023
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Ukraine's much-touted offensive kicked off in early June after months of delays over a lack of military supplies from Western donors. The Russian Defense Ministry said Ukrainian troops kept trying but were failing to advance.
The Ukrainian military lacks tanks, armoured vehicles, as well as ammunition to capture Russian defensive lines and is bound to suffer significant losses in assault operations, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing a rifle-unit commander, code-named Vados.
To seize Russian positions, the Ukrainian artillery should first shell the area, then advance using armored vehicles, the serviceman said, admitting that this course of action is difficult to put into practice due to a shortage of tanks and armored vehicles. A similar sentiment was voiced by the soldiers the newspaper spoke to, who said that Ukraine's lack of armored vehicles stalls the offensive.
The report also said that Ukraine did not have enough ammunition to "flatten Russian-held villages."
Russian serviceman is seen in the southern sector in the course of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, at the unknown location - Sputnik India, 1920, 05.07.2023
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Vados told the newspaper that in the month since the start of the offensive, he has not participated in a single operation that successfully captured a Russian position. Meanwhile, soldiers on the southern front told the newspaper that a unit could lose "dozens" of soldiers in one assault.
A number of Western media noted the weak results of Kiev's offensive, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky himself admitted that progress was "slower than desired."
A Russian serviceman of a mobile anti-aircraft unit stands guard by a UAZ truck mounted with a DShK machine gun as he is on combat duty for repelling attacks of Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the course of Russia's military operation in Ukraine - Sputnik India, 1920, 10.07.2023
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