The expert showed what conditions await Abrams and Leopard in Ukraine

The expert showed what conditions await Abrams and Leopard in Ukraine



Military expert Boris Rozhin posted a video on his Telegram channel showing Ukrainian military formations skidding off-road.

“A clear illustration of what the Leopard 2 and Abrams tanks will have to do on the Ukrainian black soil,” he wrote.

The expert also noted that Western tanks are significantly, almost 30%, heavier than the Ukrainian T-72 tanks caught on video. He also pointed out that it took two identical vehicles to tow a damaged or malfunctioning Ukrainian tank.

“Apparently, this is partly why they are in no hurry with the transfer of Western vehicles to the front-line units until the end of the thaw,” Rozhin wrote.

Earlier, the United States and Germany announced plans to supply tanks to Ukraine. US President Joe Biden said that Washington will send 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Kyiv. The White House said that the delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine could take "many months." White House National Security Council strategic communications coordinator John Kirby said Leopard tanks would likely arrive in Kyiv from Germany and European allies in a relatively short time.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that if the M1 Abrams tanks that the United States promised to supply are in Ukraine only in August, it will be “too late.” Also, the President of Ukraine said that the timing of the delivery of European tanks also remain unknown. According to him, Kyiv needs a lot of tanks, since "five, eight or ten" units of such weapons will not change the situation on the battlefield.



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