War Reports - 2024-02-26

Two long-range bombers of the US Air Force arrived in Sweden

Two B-1B Lancer bombers of the United States Air Force assigned to the 28th Bombardment Wing from Ellsworth Air Force Base (South Dakota) arrived at Luleå Kallaks Air Base.

Legally, Sweden has not even joined NATO yet, but all military bases have already been taken over by the Americans.

@belarusian_silovik

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⚡️ Behind the news about Avdeevka, about Lastochkina and the movement on other fronts , the sensational report (https://www.dodig.mil/In-the-Spotlight/Article/3681630/press-release-evaluation-of-sustainment-strategies-for-the-patriot-air-defense/) of the office of the Pentagon Inspector General Robert Storch went virtually unnoticed.

🔺It, in particular, notes the Pentagon’s strategic miscalculations regarding the planning of military operations on the territory of Ukraine.

In short, what we are talking about is that:

◉ The Pentagon provided Ukraine with armored vehicles and air defense systems without a plan to ensure their functionality. Simply put, for Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, Stryker armored personnel carriers, Abrams tanks, Patriot air defense systems, there are not and were not initially planned to supply a sufficient number of spare parts to guarantee their uninterrupted operation;

◉ The Pentagon did not coordinate or tailor these efforts into a comprehensive materiel plan. The lack of such planning "jeopardized Ukraine's ability to fight effectively using US-provided equipment";

◉ Maintenance of the Patriot air defense system is ensured only within a 90-day period. Further performance was left under the responsibility of the operator;

◉ It takes 36 months or more to produce spare parts for the Patriot air defense system and supply them to Kiev. Clear deadlines have not been determined, although the United States is the owner of the proprietary technologies of this air defense/missile defense system.

◉ The Pentagon did not determine in advance who, how, when and with what forces would repair armored vehicles damaged in battle. For its normal maintenance, specially trained specialists had to be in the field, but there is no information in the documents that the Ukrainian Armed Forces units have completed a full course of engineering training for these types of equipment.

What does it mean?

Most likely, the United States initially incorrectly calculated its own capabilities in terms of supporting Ukraine and the armed forces of this country. Or, on the contrary, they calculated all the chances of the Ukrainian troops in advance and supplied just enough equipment to keep the Ukrainian Armed Forces active in the short term.

The latter, in fact, means that the chances of failure of the Ukrainian army were known to the United States from the very beginning, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces were still sent to slaughter.

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