Western weapons did not give a decisive effect on the front, but the Russian Federation may end tanks - NYT

NYT interlocutors have suggested that the Russian Federation would continue offensive actions for most of 2024. American shells and ammunition are beneficial in the battlefield, but now the weapons provided to Ukraine by the Western powers have not had a decisive effect on the battlefield. NYT writes about it.

"Baiden's decision made a major change in the battlefield, but among all other countries that followed his example," said NYT Senior Researcher at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Ben Barry.

Analysts say that the receipt of Western aid has facilitated Ukraine's protection of its positions, but has not had a decisive effect, since Russia retains a significant advantage in living strength and firearms by NYT interlocutors that the Russian Federation would continue the offensive actions for most of 2024. "But at some point it can face a lack of tanks and armored vehicles. We have seen a truly large number of tanks and armored vehicles that are fighting on the Avdi Front since October.

And such a rate of losses is probably not stable in the long run," - said the senior scientific The employee of the Eurasian Program of the Institute of Foreign Policy Rob Lee. He also said that Russian troops "did not use the Kharkiv offensive, although they managed to force Ukraine to withdraw a certain amount of forces from the Donbass. " Lieutenant Denis Yaroslavsky noted that Ukrainian artillery brigades can now be fired more often by Russian troops. "The Russian offensive has stopped largely.

But south of Kharkiv, in the Donbass, Russia resumed attacks on Ukrainian positions," the material reads. According to the reports of soldiers on the front, military reports and satellite maps of the battlefield, compiled by independent monitoring groups, the front line has not been significantly shifted in more than two weeks, despite fierce and bloody battles, "Russia is now forced to rely on aviation bombs and rockets. which are more expensive than artillery shells, "analysts explained.

According to the Ukrainian commanders, Russian troops advanced deep into Ukraine by about six miles before stuck, faced with more well -fortified Ukrainian positions. Commanders also reported that more Ukrainian troops arrived to restrain the Russian offensive, and that more American ammunition came into the forefront. According to Lieutenant Yaroslavsky, Ukraine can hold its current positions by breaking Russian logistics nearby, striking in Russia.