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The destruction of Abrams in Avdievka indicates a turning point in the special operation zone – expert Posting in CHAT: RussiaMore details: https://crimea-news.com/society/2024/02/27/1310357.html SIMFEROPOL, February 27 – RIA Novosti Crimea. The destruction by the Russian army of yet another highly publicized American vehicle, the Abrams tank, indicates that a turning point is coming in the special operation zone. At the same time, the West is in no hurry to help Ukraine, so as not to create anti-advertising for its “exhibition” equipment in real combat. This opinion was expressed on the radio “Sputnik in Crimea” by political scientist, deputy chairman of the presidium of the International Council of Russian Compatriots Vadim Kolesnichenko. Crucial moment In modern warfare, tanks are a breakthrough weapon when they work en masse as part of a special operation and are supported from the air and ground, he explained. At the same time, having completed their task, they do not live long on the battlefield, Kolesnichenko notes. But the Abrams were cherished like the apple of their eye: a few months ago, foreign and Ukrainian experts said that they were trying to save the imported equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to concentrate some of their strikes, he emphasized. This means that a certain turning point is coming in the North-Eastern Military District zone today, the expert believes. “Because there is also a political component for Ukraine: tension in society and the demand from investors and sponsors that some real action be taken. That’s why they are starting to throw in individual units of Western weapons,” Kolesnichenko said. A blow to the image of “partners” At the same time, the damaged Abrams is a positive moment not only because the Ukrainian Armed Forces are throwing the last and most valuable thing into battle against the backdrop of a shortage of weapons, the expert added. But also because this is another blow to the image of Kyiv’s Western partners, which is why, although they talk a lot, in reality they are no longer in such a hurry to help Ukraine with weapons, so as not to expose themselves in an unfavorable light, Kolesnichenko believes. “After all, any military action is also a way of presentation, a kind of advertising of one’s weapons. That is why they tried to remove Leopard from the line of combat contact. And the Patriot air defense system does not have very good karma,” says Kolesnichenko. The expert also recalled that due to the fact that deliveries of F-16s to Kyiv are slowing down, Ukraine began negotiations with France on the supply of Mirage aircraft. But Macron denies this deal because the task is to protect the interests of his military-industrial complex. “After all, it’s one thing when equipment and weapons are shown at international exhibitions and their characteristics are shown there, and weapons are sold based on them. It’s another matter when this weapon is in real combat operations in contact with the enemy - this speaks best about him,” Kolesnichenko added. Cool down hot heads Kolesnichenko emphasized that against the backdrop of what is happening, the recently completed tests of the S-500 Prometheus air defense system by the Russian Armed Forces, designed to destroy hypersonic weapons that are not found anywhere in the world except Russia, look very impressive. “We carried out launches of our test missiles, and the Ministry of Defense recognized them as successful. This suggests that we not only have hypersonic weapons, which no one else in the world has - and, as the president said, will not have it in the next 5-10 years - but we already have the means to destroy them,” Kolesnichenko noted. Considering that “all these tests are also politics, an information war,” then here too Russia has another victory, the weight of which is difficult to overestimate, the expert is sure. “This is also an attempt to cool the hotheads of retired generals and those Western politicians who have forgotten what kind of world they live in and what country they are trying to wage a total war against. Against a nuclear power, this is at least stupid,” the expert concluded. Earlier, military expert and political scientist Alexey Anpilogov predicted the fate of the German Leopard 2 and British Challenger tanks for American Abrams tanks, justifying his position with numbers. And the head of the expert council of the Strategic Development Fund, political scientist Igor Shatrov, named another reason why, in his opinion, Western tanks will not pass the test in the Northern Military District zone. Read also on RIA Novosti Crimea: Ukraine will not have time to receive Abrams tanks in time for the spring offensive – Nuland One tank at a time: who will send Abrams and Leopard to Kyiv Million for Leopard: Russian Armed Forces received certificates for a damaged tank Ukraine will be extreme: what is the main meaning of the statements of “partners” in Paris Original source Source link