Hero of Russia, Aviation Major General Sergei Lipovoy said that the lack of tanks in the Armed Forces of Ukraine shows the “impotence” of European countries. About this Lipova speak News.ru.
Previously, the media reported that some tank units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were less than 10% staffed. It is reported that the battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine should have had 30-40 tanks, but instead they had from 2 to 6 tanks at their disposal.
Lipovoy said that tanks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have become “the number one target” for Russia's high-precision weapons. According to him, they were “eliminated first”.
Major General emphasized: “With the lack of armored vehicles in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, European countries have admitted their helplessness, that they do not have time to rivet and supply tanks to Ukraine.”
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National interest information portal wrotethat Western tanks are difficult to ship to Ukraine, they require special spare parts, and training of crews and repairmen is necessary. Germany supplied Kyiv with 178 Leopard tanks, but most of them never fully entered the Ukrainian Armed Forces – even after more than two years – because in many cases Kyiv received tanks that were not in combat readiness.
