German defense minister plays an international joke

For the United States, how to get the maximum benefit from the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is much more important than whether Ukraine wins the final victory!

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The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been going on for nearly a year. From June 5438 to June 2023 10, it seems that a new consensus has been reached within NATO.

Help Ukraine with more tanks and armored vehicles!

Germany produces "Leopard 2A4" tanks.

From assisting Ukrainian anti-tank rockets and anti-aircraft missiles to preparing to assist more Ukrainian tanks, what does this mean? In Haisir's view, if Ukraine gets more tanks and armored vehicles, especially those made in the west, it will definitely mean that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine will escalate and a more tragic war will come!

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When the Russian army started "special military action", the war seemed to be one-sided. Russian special forces or airborne troops seem to be preparing to attack Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. But after that, the Russian army encountered fierce resistance. Until now, Russia's "special military action" has almost always claimed to be "special military action to defend Donbass".

What do you mean? In other words, the goal of Russia's "special military action" may have changed. From the initial invasion of Kiev, subverting the Ukrainian Zelensky regime and fostering the pro-Russian Ukrainian regime, it became only to properly incorporate the four Ukrainian States that "openly voted for Russia" in the autumn of 2022 into the Russian territory. However, for the Ukrainian authorities in Zelensky, they have claimed to recover four eastern Ukrainian states and even Crimea.

Zelensky revealed that it hopes to restore the map of Crimea: information.

The question is, what will Ukraine use to recover Crimea?

If you want to recover lost territory, you certainly need offensive weapons. For the Ukrainian army, no matter how to expand the army, no matter how to obtain defensive weapons such as "Hippo" or even "Patriot" from the West, it is impossible to complete the task of counterattack. If Ukraine really wants to counterattack, it can only get offensive weapons. Among them, tanks and armored vehicles are definitely the top priority.

Ukraine originally owned Soviet tanks and armored vehicles such as T-72. Even in Eastern Europe and the whole of Europe, Ukraine has many tanks and armored vehicles. What Haisir wants to say is that the number of Ukrainian tanks and armored vehicles is much more than that of Germany, France, Britain and other western countries. Moreover, Ukraine itself retains the ability to produce, manufacture and maintain tanks and armored vehicles. For example, Britain, the birthplace of tanks, has actually lost its tank production capacity.

However, compared with Russia, Ukraine's tank production, maintenance and manufacturing capabilities are still weak. Compared with Russia, Ukraine is still weaker than Russia in tanks, armored vehicles and military manufacturing capabilities, including aerospace.

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However, it seems that some people in the west want to expand the scale of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. In other words, continue to arch the fire. On June 65438+1October 19 local time, nine NATO countries, including Britain and Poland, have promised to provide Ukraine with a large number of tanks to resist Russia.

Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany

Reuters reported that according to a statement, the assistance provided by Estonia, Latvia and Poland will include dozens of Stinger air defense systems, S-60 anti-aircraft guns, machine guns and training. Most importantly, at the meeting of NATO defense ministers held at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany on October 20th, 65438/KLOC-0-

British Defense Secretary Wallace claimed that Britain would provide Ukraine with tanks and 600 "sulphur" missiles. In Haisir's view, even if Britain does not have the tank manufacturing capacity at present, Britain can help Ukrainian tanks by purchasing from the United States and other allies and tapping the potential from its own army. Wallace's statement does not seem to be empty talk.

Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki said in an interview with domestic media as early as June 5438 +654381October+June 2009 that Warsaw could hand over its Leopard tanks to Kiev without waiting for Berlin's consent. What is the explanation for this statement? At present, among NATO countries, Poland has the most tanks and armored vehicles. However, all kinds of "Leopard" tanks are made in Germany. Is Germany willing to sell its domestic equipment to Polish tanks to finance Ukraine? The words of the Polish Prime Minister are easy to understand. To put it bluntly, is Germany willing to help Poland or unwilling to help Poland? Poland will help eventually.

Boris Pistorius, Germany's new defense minister: information

What makes Poland so bold? Are you going to buy goods from Germany in the future?

It must be noted that-

On the issue of aid to Ukraine, there are various views in Germany, many of which are different. It is precisely because of this difference in Germany that the position of German Defense Minister has changed. Christina Lambrecht, the former German defense minister, made it clear in her resignation statement on June 65438+ 10/6 that in recent months, the media's attention to her has prevented public opinion from objectively reporting and discussing Germany's national defense and security policies.

Haisir didn't know what Lambrecht was telling the truth. In any case, one thing is certain: her laid-off is related to the domestic differences on how Germany can help Ukraine. However, Boris pistorius, who succeeded her as German defense minister, seems unwilling to see Germany go particularly radical in aiding Ukraine.

You know, before the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Germany and Russia had a lot of cooperation in the energy field. After the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Germany helped Ukraine, and it was cutting off its own arm. Difficult!

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For Russia, it certainly doesn't want Ukraine to get more western tanks and armored vehicles. After the Zelensky-Ukraine conflict, that is, after Russia's "special military action" began, Russia wanted to go all out to defeat the armed forces of the Ukrainian authorities. I didn't expect the Ukrainian army to fight more and more bravely. To some extent, this is related to Ukraine's acquisition of many advanced conventional weapons in the West. However, the United States-led West did not provide Ukraine with large-scale assistance in advanced offensive weapons such as tanks and armored vehicles.

U.S. military assistance to Ukrainian equipment

If the west provides large-scale military assistance to Ukraine's offensive weapons, it may reverse the situation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. But strangely, until now, the United States seems unwilling to explicitly admit the large-scale assistance of tanks and armored vehicles to Ukraine. So, the United States does not want Ukraine to defeat Russia in one fell swoop. Is it the leader of NATO? In Haisir's view, this possibility exists. After all, for the United States, how to get the maximum benefit from the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is much more important than whether Ukraine wins the final victory!

Without the clear approval of the United States, it is obviously difficult for Ukraine to obtain real large-scale offensive weapons! It seems not surprising that NATO has difficulty helping Ukrainian tanks!