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Is Ukraine getting enough weapons to win?

It is no secret that Ukraine's defense
capability is currently largely dependent on

the supply of weapons and equipment from Western
partners. This is due to a number of factors,

but nevertheless, from time to time the
question arises: do the Ukrainian Defense

Forces receive enough weapons to not only keep
the defense, but also to successfully attack?

This question is being asked more and more
frequently, especially given the results of

the summer offensive campaign, which ended
with a serious depletion of Russian forces,

but without large-scale liberation of territory.

In his article for The Economist,
the Commander-in-Chief of the AFU,

Valerii Zaluzhnyi, clearly pointed out the
main points that prevented the AFU from

achieving its objectives, namely, the lack
of sufficient means for demining, questions

of artillery and its provision, electronic
warfare, aviation and missile components.

And just the other day, the former commander
of the U.S. Army in Europe, Ben Hodges,

noted that the U.S. provides Ukraine
with sufficient assistance for defense,

but not for offensive, emphasizing that an
offensive without total support from the

air is fatal. For example, the U.S. Army
would never conduct such an offensive.

Meanwhile, the large-scale
liberation of territories in

2022 took place without total air
support, but there is a nuance.

At some point, where it was possible to play
beyond common sense, it will no longer be

possible to repeat, and realizing this, since
2022, Ukraine has regularly sent requests for

the provision of the weaponry that may be
needed in the short term. In particular,

we are talking about F-16s and ATACMS
missiles. But Ukraine received ATACMS of

M39 modification only a year later, immediately
demonstrating the highest efficiency of use.

Within the framework of the Dragonfly
operation alone, 22 Ka-52 attack

helicopters and 9 Mi-8 multirole helicopters
were destroyed and rendered inoperable.

A similar question arises with regard to the
F-16s. If we follow the logic, they require:

- 4-6 months for the additional
training of already experienced

pilots who could operate these
fighters at a basic level;

- preparation of the airfield
and all infrastructure,

as well as technical personnel, for maintenance;

- creation of an air defense dome;

Meanwhile, instead of starting in 2022,

this process started only in
the second half of 2023....

The other issue is tanks. Today, the
most reliable supplier of tanks for

Ukraine is not the United States,
Germany, or the United Kingdom,

but Poland, which has transferred
more than 320 main battle tanks.

No other country has transferred as many tanks
to Ukraine as Poland. The question arises,

why? Ukrainian tank crews are the most
experienced not only in Europe, but also

in the world. What army in the world has such a
unique experience of destruction than Ukraine?

One gets the impression that Ukraine's
partners are trying to help win the

war with Russia with the least costs, but
alas, this is impossible. Only a complete,

absolute return on all positions can crush
the underimperial anachronism called Russia.

Unfortunately, the partners have yet to fully
realize this dogma. The parallel reality of the

abstracted West remains much more monolithic than
Ukraine's actual and critical need for victory.