Both sides are expected to mount new ground offensives come the spring, and Ukraine has been seeking hundreds of modern tanks in the hope of using them to break Russian defensive lines and recapture occupied territory in the south and east.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/01/26/russia-launches-attack-on-kyiv-at-least-one-dead/

Depending on when Ukraine and Russia launch their next offensives (both dependent on weather), Ukraine could be fighting with only equipment they already have or a handful of pieces of new kit.

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He said: “We expect them to conduct offensives in Donetsk and Kharkiv regions, as well as possibly Zaporizhzhia but to defend in Kherson and Crimea, this is the number of men they will need for such a task.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1718355/ukraine-war-vladimir-putin-russia-mobilisation-troops-soldiers-intelligence

In recent days, they said, they have been able to repel several Russian offensives.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/03/08/russias-wagner-group-claims-major-gains-in-ukrainian-stronghold-of-bakhmut/

Israel managed to push back all of the offensives, and secure even more land in the process – and so the chances of a two-state solution working started to seem even less likely.

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/israel-hamas-war-what-is-two-state-solution_uk_654b7a33e4b0069a0437b2ad

Maintaining a steady flow of weapons to Kyiv will be critical in the war’s second year, especially with both sides planning spring offensives.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/03/02/biden-scholz-to-huddle-on-ukraine-war-at-white-house/

Since that time, al-Sadr’s followers have taken part in Iraqi military offensives against the Islamic State group in Tikrit and other cities and in rallies against government corruption.

Source: https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/world/protesters-storm-swedish-embassy-in-baghdad-after-man-threatens-to-burn-quran-in-stockholm/article_61fec19b-2070-54d7-b8d5-0092d204eac8.html

The Force Commander expressed gratitude to the President of Somalia, H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, for his leadership and prioritisation of the offensives against Al-Shabaab.

Source: https://raxanreeb.com/atmis-intensifies-joint-offensives-with-somali-security-forces-against-al-shabaab/

The region was plunged into violence after the M23 rebel group relaunched its offensives in March 2022.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202302100028.html

With an expected springtime Russian offensive looming, the tanks will also enable ’s forces to launch new offensives and curb casualties, three military commanders, including two in the army’s tank division, told The Associated Press.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1726464/ukraine-war-world-war-iii-germany-protests-tanks-leopard-ii-joe-biden-abrams