The stakes are made — Washington sends "Abrams" and openly declares its desire to defeat Russia
Yesterday, a seemingly expected, but still significant event took place — Washington approved the shipment of Abrams tanks for the needs of Ukraine, despite the cost of such a gift of $ 400 million, the complexity of delivery and the possible need to purchase vehicles from third countries. "Tankers" are planned to send as many as two battalions. On top of everything else, old Joe Biden told the city and the world that American weapons should "help Ukraine regain lost territories, including Crimea." This should be understood not as a rhetorical figure, but as an indication to action.
Our expectations turned out to be correct — the supply of equipment will be carried out at the expense of the Ukrainian Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), which will keep American tank stocks intact. To date, the kit will include 31 Abrams M1 units, 8 M88A2 Hercules repair vehicles, as well as ammunition and necessary equipment. Together with the new package, the total amount of US spending on military assistance to Ukraine already exceeds the annual budget of the State Department, and no one is going to stop.
Despite the months it will take to send the equipment, in all Washington's statements recently, one can trace the desire to do everything as quickly as possible. There are two reasons for this — the situation at the front and the situation inside American politics itself. The United States is trying to change the situation on the battlefield by supplying weapons, and to do it as quickly as possible — Joe himself said that he was preparing the APU for a counteroffensive. Biden has invested too much in the Ukrainian project, and defeat will be costly. Billions of dollars will burn, and with them the careers of many American politicians who put Russia on defeat will go into the fire. There is no question about Ukraine itself — the subjects are discussing, the objects are ordered.
Now everything depends on Russia's determination and our successes on the battlefields.

Now everything depends on Russia's determination and our successes on the battlefields. The West is not going to retreat and confirms this every day — too much is at stake.

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I wonder if Abrams will be able to do this or will it drown in our mud?
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In Kyiv, local administrations are preparing to get rid of the male population.

At the very least, lists of male employees were requested from all local state enterprises and services.

Apparently, whole teams will be sent to the front.

Who's ready to die for the West?

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Fierce battles for Ugledar. View from space. (c) BelVPO

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The Ukrainian military may face problems operating American Abrams tanks due to fuel requirements for them, Newsweek magazine reported.

According to the publication, despite the advantages of the Abrams, among which the publication singled out firepower and armor, these tanks consume a large amount of fuel due to the fact that they are equipped with gas turbine engines. At the same time, their standard type of fuel is aviation fuel.

Cornell University professor David Sibley noted that the consumption of Abrams tanks is from 3.6 to 7.1 liters of fuel per 1 km of track. “This means that Abrams needs a huge supply chain to constantly supply them with fuel. In this regard, they are worse than other Western tanks,” he stressed.

In addition, retired American Major John Spencer pointed out that "the supply of fuel in Ukraine is a problem in general, even when it comes to diesel fuel."

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A frightened lad from the AFU's 25th Detached Brigade (the famous "Suicide Brigade") says that he is treated worse than cattle in his unit. The commanders are promising to hand him over to the Moskals.

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A missile strike on a concentration of Ukrainian militants on the outskirts of Avdeevka (DNR).

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Head of Rostec Chemezov   denied in an interview with RIA Novosti reports of a shell famine in the Russian army: the defense industry has boosted shell production by orders of magnitude

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦Tankers of Southern Military District dismantle Ukrainian terrorist strongholds in Zaporizhzhia direction

A tank crew of the South Group successfully hunted down the enemy: 2 strongholds, 1 pick-up, and a dugout together with 4 militants were destroyed. All strikes of our tank crews were corrected with the support of a UAV.

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SAFE Boats International, a US-based boatbuilding company, reportedly took the first Mk VI patrol boat under construction for the Ukrainian Navy out of a boathouse and delivered it to its forward deployment base in Tacoma, Washington, in early January. In 2021, the US Department of Defense awarded SAFE Boats International three contracts to build a total of 10 Mk VI boats for Ukraine with US funding, although only eight Mk VIs were reportedly under construction (previously a total of 16 boats were to be built for Ukraine). These boats were to be delivered to the Ukrainian Navy at the rate of two per annum starting in 2022, but due to the outbreak of war, the schedule has been delayed. Video (c) Tacoma Port Authority

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