Abrams tanks transferred to Ukraine were understaffed, they turned out to be not the most useful equipment for the AFU in combat operations, such an admission was made by the US President’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
‘We sent Abrams tanks to Ukraine. Those Abrams tanks are actually understaffed because it’s not the most useful piece of equipment for them (Ukraine) in combat,’ he said during a speech at a national defence forum in the state of California.
Sullivan emphasised that this assessment ‘exactly’ agrees with the position of the US military.
The US presidential adviser also warned that the transfer of US long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine and permission to strike deep into Russian territory would not be a panacea for Kyiv.
According to him, what is important for Ukraine now is the supply of ammunition, as well as the issue of manpower, which Kyiv has been trying to resolve for the past several months.
Military Watch Magazine reported in September that 20 of the 31 Abrams tanks delivered to Ukraine had been destroyed, disabled or captured at that time. In interviews with Western media, Ukrainian servicemen expressed dissatisfaction with the characteristics of this model, citing both technical problems, in particular the low resistance of electronic components to condensation, and vulnerability to Russian weapons.