According to Anders Puk Nielsen https://www.youtube.com/@anderspuck, Russia is probably peaking right now, because they have transitioned to war time economy, and they are restoring old Soviet equipment.
The problems for Russia are that their industrial output is declining, despite heavy public investments, in part because of sanctions, and in part because of worker shortage, and their Soviet equipment reserves are dwindling.
Hopefully the situation will get worse for Russia quickly, among other things they are allegedly beginning to experience an oil shortage now. Due to the strategic bombing from Ukraine.
So while Ukraine is hard pressed currently, time is most likely on the side of Ukraine. Which is contrary to what Putin counted on, when he bet the West would quickly tire of supporting Ukraine.
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US military equipment were actually on standby in Poland for delivery, just before the anticipated final vote and approval in Congress. In spite of this, the real challenge is actually once delivered to their intended destination-- setting up and deploying the equipment to combat still takes time.
Yes US logistics is legendary, I'm guessing units at the front are getting better equipped already, but it probably takes time to fill the gap of months of shortages.
And Ukraine was pushed from their trenches and did not have fortified backups at the level of the first lines.
Absolutely, even when they get stocked up again, that doesn't give them back what they lost.
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They are now outsourcing labor and materials from their allies. China alone has plenty of both to keep Russia going indefinitely. They will likely not lose a war of attrition any time soon. Putin's bluff will need to be called for this to end in a timely fashion.
China is trying to win over USA and Europe now, receiving visit from Blinken of the US administration, and visiting France and other European countries. So I don't think China is all interested in supporting Russia more than what the west can stomach.
Winning a piss poor economy of 120 million Russian citizens, compared to about 1 billion people in the west with more money is kind of an economic no-brainer.
Also the Russian declining output means a declining economy, and so does declining oil exports. So Russia's ability to pay is declining, and I doubt China feel Russia is a good enough ally to sacrifice their interests in the west, and pay for it too.
But no doubt if China wanted to create problems for us, they could create huge problems by supporting Russia. But it's kind of a lose lose scenario with little if not negative political gain.
Putin made a major miscalculation, and I don't think China want to hang on to that.
Didn't they have 3% economic growth last year?
Yes they did, or at least that's what they claim.
I'm sure china is trying to use russia as a bargaining chip. So its in thier inerest to keep the russian war going, while milking what ever they can get from europe/usa. I just wounder what they think they will get from eruope/usa. Or be offered to stop supporting russian war effort?
That would give me some hope, but I've also seen indications towards the opposite.
I watched some recent talks between Chinese officials and what I think it was a German delegation seeking to convince China to exert more pressure on Russia. The Chinese politicians sounded exactly like Russia-indoctrinated tankies, talking point for talking point. When asked about a specific German politician In an interview with a journalist, one Chinese official spewed forth a shower of insults (all the favorites, from "unhinged" to "deranged", "delusional" and "hysterical", just one after another, at least that's what the translation said).
I really hope what I've seen there is just an outlier.
"Despite" is a strange way of saying "because of."
"despite the arrival of the delayed aid", is probably what they were going for, but apparently English is hard .
I think they're saying that the situation is dire for Ukraine despite the aid package from the US, which was delayed. Or? I've not yet read the article itself.
Either way, a poor title. 👎
Despite as in "the package is now being pushed through, but it is not enough"
Yeah that's what I thought. 👍
That doesn't even make any sense.
Despite the US aid package, Ukraine will merely be able to hold the frontline. What's so weird about that?
Because of the delay in aid.
Yes that delay was very bad, I don't dare think what will happen if Trump wins the presidential election! 🤢 😱 🥶
He will broker a peace deal... by telling Ukraine no more aid.. now go talk surrender.
And then he will claim he is tough on Russia.
Must feel great to be one of those poorly trained Russians, knowing your only job is to be a bullet magnet.
Questionable if the are fully aware what their role is. I'm sure they know their lot in life is to serve, but do they know they are suicide troops?
Questionable if the are fully aware what their role is.
I doubt they are explicitly told they are cannon fodder.
But I also doubt they have been offered a lot of other options, either.
"Fight and maybe die, or refuse and guaranteed you will die a slow painful death in a gulag."
I'm sure their level of awareness vary quite a bit. I didn't mean to imply they're all aware.
And yet they keep going.
Propaganda is a hella of a thing
So is getting shot in the back.
The actual incentive is money. Army service pays so much more than average salary in the underdeveloped/depressed regions (kinda like in the US actually)
And the inherent threat to ones family if you resist
Umm, no, "aid delayed despite dire situation", the reverse.