Analysis-Western military aid girds Kyiv for counterattacks despite tank deadlock

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks via video link as German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius meets with his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, to discuss how to help Ukraine defend itself, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

KYIV (Reuters) - Billions of dollars in new Western military aid, including infantry fighting vehicles - though no German tanks - will gird Ukraine for counterattacks to foil Moscow's efforts to revive its faltering invasion.

But Kyiv needs other weapons systems to win decisively and, while Russia is readying for a protracted war, it is unclear if defence production - in Europe at least - can keep up military aid at a high level, military analysts said.