Ukraine has not committed large numbers of tanks to the frontline so far, a point focused on by Ben Hodges, a former US army general. "When we see large, armoured formations join the assault, then I think we'll know the main attack has really begun," he wrote in a blogpost on Sunday.
That amounts, in his view, to two or three of the nine western trained and equipped brigades focused on a narrow front. Some of those nine have already been reported in action, such as the 47th brigade south of Orikhiv and the 37th farther east at Novodonestke, on the Donetsk sector of the southern front.
Others have not appeared at all, including the 116th, 117th and 118th brigade, all listed in the leaked Pentagon Papers as having at least some western equipment, again demonstrating that offensive, likely to run well into the summer, remains at its preliminary stages.
Think Ukraine’s Offensive Has Started? Wait for the Heavy Brigades
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 13 June 2023
