It would be years after the political turmoil following the collapse of the Soviet Union before Russia could emerge as a potent military power, with the inheritance of a massive Soviet army counting many obsolete models, no wages, no ammunition or even gasoline to operate properly. More evidence of logistical failings came when images and videos reportedly showed Russian tanks running out of fuel on Ukrainian highways and even abandoned tanks being towed from the mud.Modern Ground Forces of the Russian Federation (post-1990) Vehicles The official added that Vladimir Putin's operations had been "disastrous" and the abandonment of vehicles may be a sign of a "collapse of the will to fight". Last week, according to a Western official, Russian forces abandoned "a lot" of tanks, vehicles, and artillery in a "hasty" withdrawal from northern Ukraine. He went on: "The correct way to use a tank is to have focused line of march, a focused objective, one objective at a time, and to make sure that that's fully resourced with the right number of troops, logistical back-up and so on, but also you have to use artillery and air support." If you have one main thrust, à la Blitzkrieg, then, of course, that's very easy to support."
"So, you know, 20 different lines of approach and that is impossible to support logistically. "Part of the problem is that instead of attacking across a single line of advance, they use multiple axes," he said. The former British Army officer Mr Drummond highlights the tactical failings being attributed to the loss of Russian tanks. Watch: UK to send more anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles to Ukraine, PM says.
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