Western armor isn't cutting it in Ukraine, a military analyst told The Wall Street Journal. Taras Chmut said Western-made tanks are not designed for an "all-out" war of this intensity. Western allies should instead ramp up deliveries of simpler and cheaper systems, he said. AdvertisementAdvertisementWestern-made armor is failing in Ukraine because it was not designed to sustain a conflict of this intensity, a military analyst told The Wall Street Journal. According to a July report compiled by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Ukraine's allies have only delivered about half of the heavy weapons that have been promised.

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Persons: Taras Chmut, —, Chmut, Christian Freuding, Zelenskyy, Christoph Trebesch, Rustem Umerov, Sergej Sumlenny Organizations: Wall Street Journal, Service, Foundation, Kiel Institute, Resilience Initiative Center Locations: Ukraine