You can have the best, most elite fighting force on the face of the planet. They still need weapons, they still need ammo, they still need grenades and rockets and artillery shells, their weapons and tanks and APC’s and drones still need servicing and replacements.
In short, Ukraine needs an entire war-oriented production line and logistics/supply system. They have one now, courtesy of the EU, the US, and Ukraine’s other allies. A significant percentage of that military aid came from the US. The US is interested in helping Ukraine regain it’s full sovereignty including Crimea, and protecting it’s European allies. It has absolutely no interest in or appetite for, any real invasion of Russian soil. The US and the EU have repeatedly told Ukraine that Ukraine cannot use any materiel supplied by the US, the EU, or European nations, in any attack on Russia itself.
Ukraine cannot ‘win’ an invasion of Russia with the weapons it currently has: they don’t have enough weapons or anywhere near enough ammo to do it. They may have enough for quick strike forces, but they certainly don’t have enough men to actually occupy Russia. Your dream of Ukrainian tanks rolling down Russian highways is just that - a dream.
As for your assertion that “that is not an Army “being supported by” anyone […] they don’t need help”: here is a list of military retirement that the US has sent so far - it doesn’t even invite what Ukraine has received from other countries or companies. Please explain to me how Ukraine, even with the best army in the world, would win it’s war without the weapons and ammo supplied by it’s allies. And again, this is just a list of the US military aid, not the EU, not Australia or any of the other countries and companies sending supplies. U.S. security assistance to Ukraine between January 20, 2020, and June 27, 2023:
[Please see my reply to this comment, it’s a long list]
10,000 Javelin anti-armor systems
70,000 other anti-armor systems and
munitions
1,700 Stinger anti-aircraft systems
4,000 TOW missiles
35,000 grenade launchers and small arms,
with ammunition
100,000 sets of body armor and helmets
Thousands of night-vision devices,
surveillance systems, thermal imagery
systems, optics, and laser rangefinders
C-4 and other explosives
Explosive-ordnance-disposal equipment
M18A1 Claymore mines
Anti-tank mines
Mine-clearing equipment
Obstacle-emplacement equipment
Medical supplies
Field equipment, cold-weather gear,
generators, and spare parts
Chemical, biological, radiological, and
nuclear protective equipment
18 armored bridging systems
160 155mm Howitzers and ammunition
72 105mm Howitzers and ammunition
47 120mm mortar systems
10 82mm mortar systems
67 81mm mortar systems
58 60mm mortar systems
203mm, 152mm, 130mm, 122mm, 120mm,
and 25mm ammunition
38 HIMAR systems
60,000 122mm Grad rockets
Precision-guided rockets
Rocket launchers and ammunition
154 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles
4 Bradley Fire Support Team vehicles
31 Abrams tanks
45 T-72B tanks (via the Czech Republic)
125 Stryker armored personnel carriers
300 M113 armored personnel carriers
250 M1117 armored security vehicles
200 armored medical-treatment vehicles
500 MRAP vehicles
125mm, 120mm, and 105mm tank
ammunition
2,000 Humvees
354 tactical vehicles
100 light tactical vehicles
68 trucks
124 trailers
10 command post vehicles
30 ammunition support vehicles
6 armored utility trucks
8 logistics support vehicle
89 heavy fuel tankers and 105 fuel trailers
1 Patriot air defense battery and munitions
8 NASAM systems
20 Avenger air defense systems
HAWK air defense systems and munitions
Laser-guided rocket systems
RIM-7 missiles
Antiaircraft guns and ammunition
Equipment to integrate with and sustain
Ukraine’s systems
9 anti-drone gun trucks and ammunition
10 anti-drone laser-guided rocket systems
High-speed anti-radiation missiles
(HARMs)
Precision aerial munitions
6,000 Zuni aircraft rockets (could function
as air defense)
7,000 Hydra-70 aircraft rockets
20 Mi-17 helicopters
ScanEagle drones
Puma drones
JUMP drones
CyberLux K8 drones
Switchblade drones
Phoenix Ghost drones
ALTIUS-600 drones (can also be used for
surveillance)
Munitions
2 Harpoon coastal defense systems
62 coastal and riverine patrol boats
Unmanned coastal defense vessels
Port and harbor security equipment
4 satellite communications antennas
2 radars for unmanned aerial systems
21 air surveillance radars
70 counter-artillery and counter-
mortar radars
20 multi-mission radars
Tactical secure communications systems
Counter air defense capability
Counter–unmanned aerial systems
Electronic jamming equipment
SATCOM terminals and services
Commercial satellite imagery services
