Ukraine would be in a stronger position if the West immediately gave the weapons it is supplying now – military expert Sherr
British analyst and military expert James Sherr said this in the “West Studio with Anton Borkovsky” program on the “Espresso” TV channel.
“The armed forces of Ukraine are experiencing an unprecedented transition from the use of Soviet weapons to the most modern and technologically advanced Western weapons. This is an extremely difficult transition. It takes time to teach people. and simply hand over 50 HIMARS to Ukrainian forces overnight, with the belief that you are handing over something suitable for current use,” he noted.
According to Scher, with the White House setting political restrictions, the Pentagon and the US Armed Forces will supply Ukraine with everything they can in the shortest possible time.
“I am also firmly convinced that, as in the past, Ukrainian servicemen remain inexperienced and very quickly integrate new weapons into Ukraine’s order of battle. Therefore, do not rush to brand the West with the stigma of reluctance and malignancy. , that in some places in the US they feel an unhealthy level of fear of Russian escalation.
He believes that there is no reason to limit the range and characteristics of weapons for Ukraine.
“At the beginning of the war, Zelenskyi and the government offered the West a very profitable and simple scenario.” If certain steps that we are taking now, certain categories of weapons that we are now supplying, would have been provided as soon as we were first asked for help, then Ukraine would now be in the strongest possible position. The state of the country would be better. The West would be stronger. The Russians would have realized earlier that they will not be able to intimidate us, because in fact we have nothing to fear. Russians are willing to take risks, but they are not reckless. “We have no choice but to take risks. Risks and dangers of escalation are inherent components of war that must be accepted,” Sherr concluded.