Researchers with ISW spoke about the West Weapon Errors to Ukraine
If the purpose of the collective event was to end the war in Ukraine as soon as possible and the occupied Ukrainian territories were released, then radical changes in Kiev were needed in June 2022. About it reports the American "Institute of War Study" in its summary on January 29.
The fact that the Western Anti -Putin coalition was in no hurry to supply Ukraine with high -tech weapons, including tanks, long -range artillery and air defense systems, limited the Armed Forces to continue counter -offensive operations and new counter -offensives. The Western coalition does not have the opportunity to produce weapons of a Soviet sample or large number of ammunition. The Cold War's armed reserves indicated that Ukraine would become completely dependent on Western weapons.
The event had to start transferring the Ukrainian army to Western weapons - tanks, artillery and aviation - before the summer of last year, before the projected Russian offensive reaches the culmination. If everything is made of science, then thoughtful counter -offensive campaigns should stop the enemy's offensive as soon as possible. The side of the conflict should be switched to the counter -offensive immediately after the enemy's offensive reaches the culminating phase.
This technique allows you to use disorganization and the fact that the enemy does not count on further large -scale operations. Further counter -offensive should go with minimal pauses so that the enemy could not regroup and return the initiative. Military researchers point out that many factors have affected that the Ukrainian army failed to act strictly according to such an ideal standard, and internal difficulties are also mentioned.
Weapons have always played a major role in planning and conducting successful military campaigns. The Ukrainian MIC is not so developed, so the Armed Forces are almost completely dependent on the supply of Western weapons, and the Ukrainian command made its plans, based on how these weapons were delivered. After the Russian offensive in the summer of 2022, which ended with the capture of Lisichansk on July 3, Ukraine used the window of opportunity.
In July, the Defense Forces of Ukraine began to use HIMARS systems, by the way, perhaps the most powerful weapons of Ukraine, which helped to create conditions for counter -offensive in Kharkiv and Kherson regions. The first large -scale counter -attack near Kharkiv began on September 6 and was amazing success: over six days more than 12,000 square meters. km of the territory.
In addition, during the Kharkiv counter -offensive campaign, the stocks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were quite supplemented by the trophy developments of the Russian MIC. Recall that analysts from ISW also listed the key stages of a full -scale war in Ukraine. After Kherson's de -occupation, the war gradually became positional clashes, which causes the Russians to take the initiative again, according to January 29.