<story><title>First LNG tanker arrives at Germany&apos;s new floating terminal</title><url>https://www.dw.com/en/first-lng-tanker-arrives-at-germanys-new-floating-terminal/a-64272015</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>H8crilA</author><text>Great, now free the Leopards, Abrams and IFVs&amp;#x2F;APCs. This ain&amp;#x27;t gonna end unless Ukraine gets more armor to (re)form battalions.&lt;p&gt;I really don&amp;#x27;t get the whole &amp;quot;don&amp;#x27;t anger Putin&amp;quot; vibe, during the Vietnam War the USSR would send pretty much anything they could against the American forces. Even aircraft together with crews, as aircraft weapon systems really really require trained personnel. And no WW3 happened.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tehbeard</author><text>Western gear like that is very different in terms of maintenance to the Soviet era gear Ukraine has been making use of.&lt;p&gt;Even if there wasn&amp;#x27;t some theoretical advantage to prolonging Russia&amp;#x27;s engagement to bleed them, or the risk of current tech falling into enemy hands, there just isn&amp;#x27;t the infrastructure in place to keep Abrams etc in the fight. Hell the fuel and ammo difference alone would be a logistical nightmare.</text></comment>
<story><title>First LNG tanker arrives at Germany&apos;s new floating terminal</title><url>https://www.dw.com/en/first-lng-tanker-arrives-at-germanys-new-floating-terminal/a-64272015</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>H8crilA</author><text>Great, now free the Leopards, Abrams and IFVs&amp;#x2F;APCs. This ain&amp;#x27;t gonna end unless Ukraine gets more armor to (re)form battalions.&lt;p&gt;I really don&amp;#x27;t get the whole &amp;quot;don&amp;#x27;t anger Putin&amp;quot; vibe, during the Vietnam War the USSR would send pretty much anything they could against the American forces. Even aircraft together with crews, as aircraft weapon systems really really require trained personnel. And no WW3 happened.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mannerheim</author><text>Whenever you hear Germans tell you something isn&amp;#x27;t possible wrt Ukraine, just wait a month or two for America to end up doing it anyway.&lt;p&gt;Happened with Western heavy equipment when the HIMARS and M777s were sent, happened with air defense with the Patriots, and I&amp;#x27;m sure Bradleys will be sent next.</text></comment>