Over the past few weeks, Western allies of Ukraine have committed massive packages of mechanized armor to break the stalemate with Russia. Here’s how it came together — and what they expect Kyiv to do with it.
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U.S. officials caution that the Patriots — on which Ukrainian forces just began an abbreviated 90-day training course in Oklahoma — will not arrive for some time, and that other systems will be required for a “layered air defense” that can operate at various ranges. The tactics were tailor-made for the expansive, Kansas-like plains and farmland spread across Donbas.But there was little point in the expanded combat training without providing the weapons — especially tanks and armored vehicles — that the Pentagon’s own study said were necessary for success on the battlefield. Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was hearing the same thing from his Ukrainian counterpart, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny.
At the same time, Biden approved providing an initial tranche of 50 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. Austin will bring the new weapons package announced Thursday to the table when he meets with Ukraine’s military backers Friday in Ramstein. “You need to assemble a coalition of many different countries to get the numbers needed,” said Gustav Gressel, a defense expert at the European Council on Foreign Relations who estimated around 200 tanks could be assembled in a Europe-wide effort, with around 80 deliverable by early summer.
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