An artillery-centric approach raises questions about whether Ukraine has lost confidence in the combined arms tactics. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - American officials and military analysts warn that US-made cluster munitions probably will not immediately help Ukraine in its flagging counteroffensive against Russian defences asfrom US military depots in Europe, according to Pentagon officials.
US President Joe Biden had wrestled with a decision for months. Cluster munitions, which have been outlawed by many of America’s closest allies, scatter tiny bomblets across the battlefield that can cause grievous injuries even decades after the fighting ends when civilians pick up duds that did not explode.
It also allows the Ukrainian army to do more of what it knows best: fire thousands of artillery shells a day to wear down Russian defenders. Senior US officials in recent weeks had privately expressed frustration that some Ukrainian commanders, exasperated at the slow pace of the initial assault and fearing increased casualties among their ranks, had reverted to old habits – decades of Soviet-style training in artillery barrages – rather than sticking with the Western tactics and pressing harder to breach the Russian defences.
But Mr Kahl and other top US policymakers and senior uniformed officers said it was too soon to judge the counteroffensive and how the Ukrainians will wage the fight.
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