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Kiev has let the West down by losing supplied equipment – Berliner Zeitung.
Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher
A senior Ukrainian official complained about the limited capabilities of military equipment supplied by France for front-line use against Russia, all while the Western European country continues to be gripped in riot and anarchy following the death of a 17-year-old French Muslim. At the same time, Ukraine was slammed by a German columnist for the high amount of equipment it is losing to Russian forces in its failed counteroffensive.
An unnamed Ukrainian officer, who was only identified by his call sign ‘Spartanets’, was cited by AFP saying: “Unfortunately, there was one case when the crew died in the vehicle. There was artillery shelling, and a shell exploded near the vehicle. The fragments pierced the armour, and the ammunition set detonated.”
The French-made vehicles can easily be penetrated even without suffering direct hits, thus constraining operations in a high-intensity conflict zone.
“The guns are good, the observation devices are good, but unfortunately, there is thin armour, and it is impractical to use them in the front line,” the officer added, warning against “just sending out the vehicles so they get destroyed, I consider it is impractical and unnecessary because it’s primarily a risk for the crew.”
Nonetheless, despite the incessant complaining, France is still one of several countries that have supplied military equipment to the Kiev regime. Previously, and in its typically entitled and unappreciative attitude, the Ukrainian military had also criticised the equipment provided by Italy and Germany.
But as highlighted by columnist Franz Becchi in an article in the Berliner Zeitung, Ukraine failed to meet the West’s expectations for the use of NATO-supplied equipment, having lost equipment shipped to the country a month later.
“With high expectations, Western countries supplied Ukraine with tanks and armoured personnel carriers in the hope that with these combat vehicles, the country would be able to achieve significant progress. The disappointment came about a month after the start of the summer offensive from Ukraine,” wrote the author.
He highlighted that on June 8, Ukrainian forces entered a Russian minefield south of Mala Tokmachka, and there, the 33rd Mechanised Brigade and the 47th Assault Brigade of Ukraine reportedly lost three of their 14 Leopard 2A6 tanks, 16 of their 109 M-2 infantry fighting vehicles and three of their six Leopard 2R engineering vehicles – apparently within minutes. The journalist pointed out that Berlin’s support for Kiev “cost lives and money.”
According to him, in 2023, Germany has already allocated about five and a half billion euros to provide military support to Ukraine. Becchi concluded that this is a significant investment compared to the two billion euros sent in 2022.
The Ukrainian offensive on the lines of operations south of Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) began on June 4. Kiev sent the brigades trained by NATO specialists and armed with Western equipment. However, Ukraine has lost at least 259 tanks and 780 armoured vehicles since the start of the so-called counter-offensive.
This demonstrates that Western military equipment does not prevent Ukrainian forces from being defeated. This is particularly due to the effectiveness and efficiency of Russian personnel and weapons, far superior to the already depleted Ukrainian forces, who continue to lose manpower and equipment at an alarming rate.
For his part, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu confirmed that Ukraine had not achieved any of its targets in its counteroffensive, failing in all directions.
“In general, the enemy did not reach its targets in either direction. This confirms the capabilities of our fighters and the clearly exaggerated expectations of Western weapons,” Shoigu said. “Even suffering substantial casualties, the Ukrainian leadership, at the insistence of its Western guardians, demands that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues with the offensive.”
It is recalled that French President Emmanuel Macron promised more military aid to the Kiev regime in June because the long-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive had started.
At a press conference after a meeting with Polish and German leaders, the so-called Weimar Triangle, Macron said on June 12: “We have done everything to help it. We have intensified the delivery of ammunitions, weapons and armed vehicles … We’ll continue in coming days and weeks.”
Macron said the meeting was proof that there was no division between “old” and “new” Europe. However, as it would turn out, France should not be worried about a divided Europe when evidently it is experiencing a catastrophic domestic division as riots and pillaging continue, and even in neighbouring Belgium and Switzerland, following the police killing of a French Muslim teenager of North African heritage.
The French president has been distracted by the Ukraine conflict, prioritising support for a neo-Nazi regime rather than focusing on the rather evidently brewing domestic tensions. To add insult to this French injury, Ukrainian officers are complaining about the inadequacy of French tanks in their aggression against Russia.
oh, just wait till you get the abrams-“wonderweapon”, ihor. biden’s junta in washington sure knows why their hardware won’t show up on your battlefield anytime soon. inconvenient comparison with the other garbage from nato. 😆😆😆
the houthi’s used a secret weapon to destroy us made abrams.
the weapon is the great courage of the houthi soldiers and cigarette lighters with a splash of diesel.
don’t mess with flip flop soldiers !
no, they will censor all the “reviews” by ukrainian troops. the only way you get a truthful opinion on these weapons is to first catch the ukrainian soldier alive then interview him in pow camp.
macron needs these tanks in paris 😀😀🔥🔥
they’re not good enough even for rioters
to kill the last whites who complain.
is paris all part of the plan? so many military trained, single men, physically fit turn up on the shores. something kicks off, everybody in place, for civil war and more lockdowns. didn’t the usual crowd all meet up recently at charles iii party, in order to get their nwo instructions? wonder what they have got planned for tomorrow night, owing to who turned up in kiev recently?
yeah sure, blame french as always. “brave” brits don’t allow their garbage tanks to be used on the frontline except for making selfies, and muricnas didn’t even dare to send their tanks
they sent bradleys tho but they were utterly annihilated, why ukros don’t talk how bradleys are massive disappointment?
more destroyed usa crap
https://t.me/novichokrossiya/35264
they got those bradley’s for free beggars can’t complain about nothing
they should try attacking in reverse the french are more known for their retreats the armor may be better in the back.
nothing good about french militarism, but you’re just regurgitating a us propaganda meme. the germans have run into the french enough times over the centuries to know better than to make such absurd claims.
beggars can’t be choosers
western weapons perform well only in propaganda spread by western fake media. when actual combat begins, they will be blown up into pieces.
what else does the ukrainian tribal militia expects?
afterall ukraine is the voluntary tribal militia of the western colonizers. as a tribal militia, ukraine shouldn’t complain. it must fight with whatever it is given and must die for the western cause.
jenny the crapenhagen janitor faggot, aka a sbu nazi troll, i’m here to collect bitch !
krimeea, no yet ? the dead piece of shit zaluzsnyi predicted 2 weeks for total defeat of krimeea, ouch !!! now entering the second month, kurwa !
panzer-schrott ist das perfekte material für herstellung neuer t90
the froggie armored cars would be better used to run down and fire upon arab looters in paris.
abrams tanks have been stripped of their most modern technology; the french sent relatively olden tanks – it was know that their armour isn’t good. only germany was stupid enough to send modern equipment. they obeyed the us (as usual); the goal here is for german technology to fall into russian hands so they loose their competitive edge. that’s what us companies want. never forget that the us’ main enemy is also the eu, especially germany.
وأنت من يا أحمد؟ مصري، مسيحي، مسلم، ملحد، أي؟ خلينا نحكي عنك شوية. كيف الراتب، كيف الحياة؟
western weapons are made to fight millitants who have no air force and no real ground army or artilery.
they were never supposed to be used against someone who has equal or near equal technology.
metal coffins for the ukro-nazis😂😂
f**k u white russian assholes and your bigot nazi commentators
that’s not a tank, it’s a skid steer armored car
the amx 10-rc is not a main battle tank but a reconnaissance vehicle. “rc” means “reconnaissance”. its speed gave it excellent performances in numerous operations in the wide african landscapes. it was designed for large open country, for long distance runs, for the desert. you have to choose between speed/autonomy and heavy armoring.
and you can also complain that helicopters perform poorly in dogfight… and that sam missiles fail at fighting submarines…
“in their aggression against russia”. you’re kidding me, right? the whole world k owns who the aggressor is
the western collective gayworld, among other things, built its weapons in accordance with the colonial doctrine with the use of expeditionary forces against occupied peoples who have only a marginal ability to defend themselves.
russia was making weapons precisely for the purpose of defense against those western invaders…
and then the collective western gayworld decided to attack russia with that anti-sandal weapon… bad idea…
we make donkey cart with extra condom for protection vs lgby amerikan hillbilly
western politicians (and public) always think their weapons are wonderweapons, based on the experience of highly trained and motivated troops against poorly trained and motivated opponents. but there are no wonderweapons. no weaponsystem truly defeats an enemy. those who have the superior organization, strategy, tactics, operational doctrine and logistics win, never those with the best tank or aircraft.
the frogeater tanks are better than nothing, due to ukros running out of tanks because russia destroying constantly more tanks than ukro masters of puppets can redeliver.
but the weak armor of these can stand nothing above 30mm and the 105mm maingun can from the front do nearly nothing against tanks like t73b3 and up.
they should change to baguette
” due to the effectiveness and efficiency of russian personnel and weapons”
lol!
the amx light armor vehicles are not tanks. they are designed for reconnaissance.
get the mil stuff right, please.