Czech President Petr Pavel said that the main problem of the Ukrainian army was the lack of shells. According to him, quoted by RIA Novostiin such a situation, Western tanks transferred to Ukraine, in fact, become warehouse goods.
Pavel noted that Western partners provide Ukraine with very effective equipment, including modern tanks, but with minimal ammunition. The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) only use combat vehicles for a few days, then they have to remove them from the battlefield.
“Essentially it (the tanks) becomes a warehouse item. And that doesn’t make a lot of sense,” said the Czech president.
He promised that the Czech Republic, together with its allies, would look for ways to increase Kiev’s ammunition supply.
“Technique, of course, is also lacking, but a critical shortage of ammunition not only limits Ukraine’s ability to defend itself effectively, but also limits to some extent its ability to conduct a successful counter-offensive,” he said. Paul said.
He expressed the opinion that the Russian army has a large amount of ammunition, artillery pieces and rocket launchers.
Previously, Peter Pavel did not rule out the development of events in which Kiev would have to make territorial concessions to Russia. He noted that Kiev, like the West, is optimistic, but it is worth thinking about “potentially worse outcomes.”
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