Russia - threadbanned users in OP

I think since adviika falling something has changed. Just I never thought Ukraine would just be left in the cold by the US, I thought they had a chance once the US just poured military equipment to Ukraine but it's really showing now with Russia hitting Ukrainian power stations etc. They just don't have the means to stop Russia getting through, you bring AA from your frontlines back to defend places like this it opens up your military at the frontlines you leave it to caover at the frontlines you leave your cities open to getting infrastructure like this destroyed. This will take years to make a power plant like that again. Then your rerouting power from other parts of the country to supply there and if they get hit which they are then that's added pressure on top again.

Nobody here knows what the situation is with regard to ammunition stocks in the US. Very few people in the US I’m sure actually know it either. This war is a very high attrition war that is already a third of the length of time of world war 2. And neither the US or anywhere in the west is on anything like a war footing. Are new military factories being built? . Are military factories working 24/7 ?
I think the weapons stocks are running low. That is the only logical explanation. There is zero political will to shift to a war economy anywhere in the west. With concerns in other theatres there can be no doubt strategic stockpiles of weapons are under serious pressure these last 2 years. In my opinion that is what really is going on and the political stuff is just a smoke screen. If Russia and China thought the west was running low they would be emboldened. But they can only keep this smokescreen for a very limited time.

Have to ask if they want Ukraine to win or just want Russia to bleed.

The appointment of Michael Johnson was turning point - this is just a result of it. I have being trying to tell ye this for months but people here still think that it's just a battle of GDP.

It's a battle of will, and the west fell well short.

Hopefully our clown leadership is preparing for 10-15 million refugees in the next 18 months....

Bad to worse it seems. And i think Zelensky gave a speech earlier saying BLUNTLY and as a plea - they will lose this war if they dont get the weapons from US

More on this .. WE ARE reaching a crucial stage in this war now. Matter of weeks away to a result we may not like I think

if the plan was to bleed russia dry, and i think it was, then it has failed spectacularly. Time for a massive strategic re think… I am not saying nuke moscow but the west needs to show some strength

It is likely that the Patriot systems are worthless as they will have no missiles to use!

Russia ramped up production. The west didn't. Checkmate.

To a total of 3200 shells per day... Which was only going to be reached by 2026 or 2027. Russia is already multiples of that. Not that it matters how many the US produce given they aren't supplying them.

But but but, Russians are relying on WW2 equipment and rubbish from North Korea… any argument against their complete incompetence means you're a ruSSian troll??

So much rubbish posted on here at times over the past 18 months, when all that some people were trying to tease out was what is now coming to light.

It's galling to see Russian rockets starting to inflict damage again after such a long period when Ukraine had the ability to defend against them. I still think we're a long way off a Ukrainian collapse - their ground troops have been more than a match for what Putin has sent against them - hopefully it's 'just' a case of having to grin and bear some more aerial bombardment until Ukraine get's what it needs to shore up defences and start hitting back again.

The West must be so proud of its efforts so far. They're either playing an immoral game of politics where innocents die every day, or they're shambolically incompetent.

PAC2 is going from 20 to 35 per month... In 2027. Those figures are a joke in war time.

PAC3 is going from 500 to 650 per year... In 2027.

Much of that production is already ear marked for other customers.