The Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) needs not only tanks and warplanes, but also bridge layers, the absence of which slows down the counterattack. This was voiced in an article by journalist David Ex. forbes.
The author of the article emphasized that, regardless of the number of layers of tank bridges, there are still not enough of them in Ukraine. He gave the example of June, when key battles in the Zaporozhye and Donetsk regions forced Russian troops to withdraw to the opposite side of the river, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces had only one layer of bridges. As a result, the Russian army began firing anti-tank missiles at Ukrainian vehicles from the other side of the water barrier, and the lack of “critical” equipment forced the four Ukrainian brigades to stop their advance.
Of the 72 Ukrainian brigades, only about seventy had armored bridgers, and a few dozen more had unarmored bridgers, Ax said. There is about one vehicle per brigade and their distribution is not uniform.
The journalist also noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine needs not only tanks and fighters, but also such “boring and unattractive” equipment. It was previously reported that the bushes and small trees in the old farmlands hindered the advance of the Ukrainian troops. In the war zone, arable land left untouched for 18 months encourages the growth of weeds and shrubs. Among them, Russian positions are camouflaged and minefields are set up.
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