The decision by a number of Western nations to send tanks to Ukraine will create “real problems” for Russian President Vladimir Putin in his nearly one-year-old war there, a former top …
Stavridis said the Russian leader’s military forces are stretched out along a front that runs hundreds of miles from Russia, through eastern Ukraine where some of the heaviest fighting is taking place, to Crimea in the Black Sea.
“With these tanks, the Ukrainians can mask that armor, and use it to punch through the Russian line and separate them, peel them apart, break their logistics chain, and really reduce the ability of Russia to continue what it wants to do, which is to ramp up offensive operations,” Stavridis, a former admiral, said.
The estimated number of tanks “creates real problems for Putin,” former NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis said.Germany said it will send 14 Leopard 2 tanks.He said the tanks mark a “pivotal moment” in the war that Russia launched against its neighbor last February. “It’s also a bad day in the Kremlin because he sees the unity of the West. … All of the nations of NATO have pulled together,” Stavridis said.
“It’s a strong, political and diplomatic signal. … And it’s a very important military step for the alliance,” he said.US will send 31 M1 Abrams tanksThe German government said it will send 14 Leopard 2 tanks, Britain is providing 14 of its Challenger 2 tanks, and Poland will dispatch 60 tanks, including 30 PT-91s.
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