Seth G. Jones, senior vice president of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, added: “Ukraine can use Bradleys to move forces down major roads, such as the M14 connecting the M14. Kherson, Melitopol and Mariupol. “Any Ukrainian infantry that advances through these areas will face significant fire from Russian positions, and the Bradleys provide useful firepower and protection for the troops.”
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The Bradleys, along with British tanks and armored fighting vehicles that France and Germany have agreed to sendIt could be the vanguard of armored forces Ukraine could use in a counterattack this winter or spring, independent analysts and government say.
“We think now is the right time to step up support for Ukraine,” British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said Tuesday during a visit to Washington. “We cannot allow this to drag on and become a kind of attrition stalemate in World War I.”
The British Ministry of Defense said in a Twitter message last week that in recent weeks, Russia has reinforced defensive fortifications in the heart of Zaporizhzhia, a province in southern Ukraine near a land bridge and where Russia maintains a large force.
If Ukraine focuses on recapturing Zaporizhzhia, preliminary attacks could include hitting targets in nearby Crimea. “A major Ukrainian breakthrough in Zaporizhzhia would seriously challenge the viability of Russia’s ‘land bridge’,” the British assessment said.
Ukraine also has US-supplied HIMARS long-range missile systems. A US military official said in an interview with the recapture of Kherson in the south last year, Ukraine’s front lines can now use them to attack key supply routes out of Crimea. .
This week, top US and Ukrainian commanders will hold a high-level planning meeting in Germany to map out the attack plan, another senior US official said. The official said the exercise is aimed at aligning Ukraine’s combat plans with the types of weapons and supplies that NATO allies are contributing.
