however, it is important to remember that tanks, just like any other western provided system, is not necessarily a golden bullet and not necessarily the answer to all of ukraine's needs. so, the use of tanks to conduct effective mechanised manoeuvre warfare is incredibly important, but so is the continued support of the west, in terms of artillery supply and the supply of long—range precision weapons such as the himars system. on that point, i think the, kind of, so far, the level and cohesion of western support has surprises a lot of people, not least president putin, i'm sure, but it can't last forever at this level. what happens if western military support dries up, if, for example, i don't know, the republicans get in, in the elections in the states, and they dial down how much they're sending, can ukraine still fight this war? well, the interesting part is we've seen the ability of the ukrainians