This is a helpful list to understand what the US is sending to Ukraine, and what it indicates about the state of the war and, crucially what we can expect from the Ukrainian armed forces going forwards.
https://twitter.com/CavasShips/status/1514315688831242244
First, US is defintely upgrading Ukrainian capabilities. The MI 17 helicopters are interesting. Multipurpose so can’t say definitely what their use is. My best guess; to allow the Ukrainians to do more SF work behind Russian lines.
Will we be seeing more of this? itv.com/news/2022-04-0…
Indeed much of the list is basically to allow the Ukrainians to extend the range of their operations and restrict Russian range. The artillery systems (with 40k) rounds, and more switchblades are great range extenders. Heck they are even including lots of range finders
Next, a big stress on protection to minimise Ukrainian casualties. From body armour to NBC protection to counter artillery systems there is stress on protecting Ukrainians. Smart; it’s extremely important to keep Ukrainian casualties down.
And, of course more anti air, but you don’t need to hear more from me about that.
So a clear package to extend Ukrainian ranged attacks while protecting Ukrainian forces. A sign of where they think the war is going. Ukraine will be expecting to be more offensive as the Russians bog down, but in being offensive they don’t want to suffer high casualties
In other words in being offensive the Ukrainians want to be the exact opposite of the Russian army to this point. Smart, incisive, fast moving and effective.
An article discussing why the Biden Administration is now upping the types of support it’s offering Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/cnni/status/1514594209105391617
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