Moscow has repeatedly warned Washington and its allies against providing Kiev with arms, something that the Kremlin says contributes to further escalation of the Ukrainian conflict.
\nUkraine has become a \u201ctestbed\u201d for\u00a0western weapons\u00a0which do not always live up to expectations and may finally become a thing of the past, a US media outlet has reported.
\nThe outlet claimed that the Ukrainian conflict \u201coffered the United States and its allies a rare opportunity to study how their own weapons systems perform under intense use.\u201d<\/p>\n
An unnamed source familiar with western intelligence was cited by the outlet as saying Ukraine is \u201cabsolutely a weapons lab in every sense because none of this equipment has ever actually been used in a war between two industrially developed nations.\u201d According to the source, \u201cThis is real-world battle testing.\u201d
\nAnother insider told the outlet that some sophisticated systems delivered to Kiev, including\u00a0the Switchblade 300 drone\u00a0and a missile designed to target enemy radar systems, have turned out to be less effective on the battlefield than anticipated.
\nThe insider argued that one lesson that Washington may take from\u00a0the Ukrainian conflict\u00a0is that towed artillery \u2013 like\u00a0the M777 howitzer system\u00a0supplied to Kiev \u2013 may be never used in the future due to the fact that the system is \u201charder to move quickly to avoid return fire.\u201d
\nSince the beginning of the year, the US and its allies have delivered more than $40 billion in military assistance to Kiev.\u00a0Moscow has repeatedly warned against providing Kiev with arms, something that the Kremlin says contributes to further escalation of the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n