The delivery of long-range weapons could allow Ukraine to “win the war probably in the autumn”

Ukraine will be able to win the war within a year if the West delivers more weapons, including missiles with a range of more than 100 kilometers, estimated to AFP Mykhaïlo Podoliak, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidency, who promised that these systems will not be used to attack Russian territory. .

This type of missiles permettra à l’armée ukrainienne d’atteindre les dépôts d’armes russes que Moscou a transferé loin du front dans les territoires occupés afin de les mettre hors de portée des systèmes dont disposent les forcees ukrainiennes, at- he explains .

The Ukrainians who are already using formidable American HIMARS systems (range 80 kilometers) and have just received their French equivalent, Unitary Rocket Launchers (LRU) (about 70 kilometers) are asking for American ATACMS missiles, with a range of 300 kilometers.

With longer-range weapons, “we are going to destroy the entire military infrastructure of the Russian army in the occupied territories, including in Donbass” (eastern Ukraine) and in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014, argued Mykhaïlo Podoliak.

Where are the German tanks?

However, Ukraine will not attack targets on Russian territory once it has obtained long-range weapons, he said.

In addition to missiles, Kyiv also needs armored vehicles, particularly “heavy tanks” such as the German Leopards Ukraine is demanding in Berlin, and cannon artillery.

kyiv’s priority needs also include more 155-millimeter caliber shells, combat drones capable of carrying out strikes deep into occupied territories, and anti-aircraft defenses, including German Cheetah armored anti-aircraft vehicles, he continued.

According to him, the Europeans and Americans could soon speed up deliveries, because they “understood” that this is the key to the conflict.

In addition, the arrival of new anti-aircraft defense systems, such as the American and German Patriots or the French and Italian Mambas, may soon neutralize the threat posed by Russian bombing campaigns against Ukrainian energy facilities.