Recently, the situation in Russia and Ukraine is increasing, and Russian troops continue to arrive on the front line for deployment. Immediately after the Russian Federation Committee also passed the relevant resolution, Russia can fight abroad, after Russia sent peacekeeping troops to the two regions of Eastern Ukraine, Russia took the initiative. The United States and NATO have also been briefly helping Ukraine and have not promised to send troops. The United States only wants to use Ukraine as a tool to contain Russia, but Ukraine is deeply involved in the drama.
North America continued to fire, and the second batch of Canadian military supplies arrived in Ukraine
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency at 2 p.m. on February 23, Canadian Defense Minister Anand tweeted that "the Canadian armed forces have sent the second batch of lethal weapons military supplies to support our Ukrainian partners." Combined with the recent announcement by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that he will provide the Ukrainian side with lethal weapons worth 7.8 million Canadian dollars (about 38.68 million yuan), it is not difficult to speculate that these weapons are still small weapons.
Weapons delivered by Canada to Ukraine
It seems that a major war between Russia and Ukraine is on the verge of breaking out, and small-scale gun battles and shelling abound. Canada's behavior at this time is tantamount to arching fire. This is not just Canada's own behavior, the United States, Britain, Germany and other NATO countries scrambled to provide military supplies to Ukraine, it seems to be very much hoping that the war will start. The continuous arch fire is especially dominated by the United States and Canada, two North American countries, and they wear the same pair of pants.
U.S. aid to Ukraine's weapons
The United States has previously provided more than 1,200 tons of military assistance to Ukraine with 15 sorties of military aircraft of various types, including Javelin anti-tank missiles and MK-19 automatic grenade launchers. As the situation heated up, the number of weapons supplied to Ukraine by Western countries also began to increase. Will such an act of "arching fire" lead Ukraine to eventually move towards total war?
Only light weapons can counter the Russian offensive
As can be seen from the weapons aided, they are all light equipment
However, these military supplies are a drop in the bucket for Ukraine. In recent times, the United States has shipped more than 1,200 tons of various "defensive weapons" to Ukraine, such as anti-tank missiles, man-portable air defense missiles, etc., as well as "offensive weapons" such as grenade launchers; Germany has provided Ukraine with 5,000 military helmets, initially realizing 5% of the 100,000 helmets requested by the Ukrainian side; Canada has provided Ukraine with a small special forces and two batches of "lethal weapons": the total price of military assistance for the second batch of "lethal weapons" has reached 7.5 million Canadian dollars About 38.68 million yuan, the result is only machine guns, pistols, rifles and 1.5 million rounds of various types of bullets.
Ukrainian training also replaces real guns with duty room guns
Although Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom have all said that "there will be a steady stream of military aid to Ukraine," it is also likely that these small arms, matching ammunition and what they claim to be "defensive weapons." Ukraine is an example of this: Seeing that there is a serious shortage of heavy weapons such as howitzers in the country, these NATO countries are also painlessly assisting some light weapons "archfire", which will undoubtedly only aggravate the further deterioration of relations between Ukraine and Russia.
American anti-tank missiles equipped by the Ukrainian army
But this will make the Ukrainian government leaders feel like chicken blood: anti-tank missiles can deal with tanks and armored vehicles, guns and ammunition can deal with enemy infantry, portable anti-aircraft missiles can also attack low-flying military aircraft, and the military assistance provided by NATO is effective!
Tough Russian army
Effective is effective, but on the other hand, although the Russian Army is close to the last large-scale local war or the Russo-Georgian War that broke out in 2008, as the saying goes, "the skinny camel is bigger than the horse", the Russian army still retains an unprecedentedly powerful mechanized force and a complete defense industrial system, and when it comes to fighting, it can not only continuously send equipment and personnel to the rear, but also ensure sufficient ammunition supply for the front-line troops.
And if war breaks out, Russia will inevitably use a huge armored force against Ukraine - it just so happens that the Ukrainian plain is also the number one plain in the world, and it is simply the most suitable to measure the Ukrainian land with the tracks of tanks. The fabled "torrent of steel" will not only appear in Ukraine, but also with low-flying fighters, helicopter gunships, artillery groups and a large number of infantry.
The problem is that the supplies ukraine receives, such as 5,000 steel helmets, 1.5 million machine guns, pistols, rifle bullets and anti-tank missiles, are not enough to support them in a large-scale anti-tank campaign; years of military spending have also led to the collapse of Ukraine's armaments. The U.S. announcement that it is "considering a $1 billion interest-free loan to Ukraine to get Ukraine to buy tanks" is nothing more than a blank check that can't be handed, and who knows if american tanks are on board or in the dreams of the Ukrainian left?
In the conflict between Ukraine and Eastern Europe, which lasted many years and continues to this day, Ukrainian government forces have been defeated. In the face of the limited training of the Armed Forces of Eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian government army can actually play a record close to five to five, and it is almost impossible to shake the defense of the Eastern Region, let alone confront the Russian army. With the collapse of armaments coupled with the wrong line guidance, coupled with the leader's lost way, relying only on the light weapons in his hands and the painless military assistance, how can Ukraine deal with the steel torrent of the Russian army?
250,000 vs. 960,000, the situation between Russia and Ukraine or victory or defeat has been divided
According to an article published by the British media "Sky" News Network on February 20, local time, so far, the total strength of the Russian army has reached more than 960,000, while Ukraine has only 250,000. In contrast to such a disparity in strength, Ukraine has a more urgent need to replace weapons than the Russian army - because Ukraine has lost the ability to manufacture howitzers, tanks, fighters and other weapons, most of which originated from the Soviet era. Ukraine is really unable to replace weapons, which has led to the current equipment of the Ukrainian government army is quite backward.
The US CNN also said that the Russian army now has about 160 "battalion-level combat groups", and about 120 of them are deployed to the Russian-Ukrainian border. According to the previous public data to calculate, the number of each "battalion-level combat group" of the Russian army is 1200 people, so these 120 battalion-level combat groups also represent that the Russian army has deployed more than 140,000 troops here, in addition to the air and space forces, the navy and other services deployed nearby. Whenever necessary, the Russians can always draw more reinforcements. Ukraine has 125,000 troops in the border zone, even to the point where it is necessary to issue a conscription of reservists. Obviously, if the situation in Russia and Ukraine were to expand into war, perhaps the victory and defeat would have been divided.
Western countries have provided a variety of small arms and light weapons for Ukraine's continuous archfire, and the "Sky" website also has a rather "legitimate" response: the use of advanced tanks, self-propelled guns and other heavy weapons requires a long period of professional training, which is really an urgent need for the Ukrainian government army. Of course, the assistance of these small arms and light weapons is unlikely to turn the tide of the war: just like the 150 rounds of ammunition that Canada recently shipped to Ukraine, the 255,000 troops of the Ukrainian government army can only get less than 6 rounds of ammunition each.
A mighty torrent of steel for the Russian army
With the approval of the Russian Federation Committee on February 22 for the use of Russian troops by the current Russian President Vladimir Putin outside the country, the President of Ukraine also signed a presidential decree at 7:13 on the 23rd to announce the start of conscription of reservists. The situation has heated up again, and it seems that both sides are full of energy and ready to fight.
brief summary
It is clear that although the military assistance provided by Western countries to Ukraine includes "small-scale special forces" and various so-called "offensive weapons" and "defensive weapons", it is only a drop in the bucket for this highly likely war. It is also impossible for the United States to send aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships to the Black Sea to support Ukraine's war with Russia with substantive actions. The continuous supply of weapons is undoubtedly aimed at encouraging Ukraine to join NATO, go to war with Russia, and undermine Russia's interests in some parts of the world while depleting Russia's strength.
Turning a small country like Ukraine into cannon fodder and fighting proxy wars, the United States has played the trick several times. It is just that the Russian side has no proxies, and the Russian military must personally go down to solve such a geopolitical conflict. Of course, if Ukraine is willing to be treated like cannon fodder, the end can only be heavy casualties, large-scale economic setbacks, government downfall, etc., Russia can show its tough national image after this conflict, and there is no other harm.
In general, if Ukraine is determined to fight this war, the United States will inevitably be among the beneficiaries, Russia may be one of them, and the biggest victim is Ukraine. War seems inevitable, but Ukraine's leaders are lost and can still be saved.