Michael Kaufman, an expert at the US Naval Research Center, confirmed that Western tanks will not change the course of the confrontation in Ukraine, since Russia has destroyed thousands of Ukrainian tanks, which are no different from Western ones.
“Tanks are not a magic wand,” Kaufmann told Der Spiegel newspaper, stressing that even powerful weapons like HIMARS have lost their value because a certain type of weapon usually has more impact when first used in combat. specific opposition.
He pointed out that thousands of tanks had been destroyed in Ukraine and added: “I don’t think Western tanks are superior to Russian ones to the extent that changes the whole situation.”
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