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It's absolutely awful for the Ukrainians, who have plenty of fight left in them, but lack the funds and the domestic military capability to fund / fight this war on their own.

They'll be forced to forfeit 20% of their country and all the resources located in those territories and Russia will be allowed to bully another country in its proximity and take more of their land.

The West had a glaring opportunity to exhaust the Soviet stockpile using very little funding (relatively speaking). Walking away from that strategy is a mistake. Another $200 Billion usd in funding would have been enough to leave Russia's armor stockpiles in shambles. It looks like Ukraine will probably only receive $50-$75 Billion usd worth of those funds, which will leave the job undone And will leave Russia as a significant offensive threat to region in the coming years.

You underestimate the willpower of the Russian people, they would have won this war regardless, only with many more million dead people and Ukraine would be even more exhausted and destroyed, already generations of Ukranian young men are dead, I wonder how their population will grow in the future to be honest.
This was the best case scenario for Ukraine... well... the best case would have been to negotiate a peace after the offensives they did when they held much more Ukranian land but that was long ago, sadly the West blinded by wanting to weaken Russia as much as possible was completely incompetent at preventing what happend in the past months where Ukraine has less and less land and it keeps losing more and more, so in the end they will have even less land available because of this st*pidity.
 

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Ukrainian media published a video allegedly showing North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region of Russia. It is unknown who is actually shown in the video, perhaps this is trolling Russian soldiers. It is reported that DPRK soldiers in Russia are taught mine-explosive work and the basics of the Russian language.

 

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Four Ukrainian kamikaze drones attacked the Russian city of Kaspiysk in Dagestan today, the video was published by local eyewitnesses. Some of the ships of the Russian Caspian Flotilla are stationed in Kaspiysk. Presumably, Ukrainian kamikaze drones of the A-22 "Flying Fox" aircraft type were used, the drones are based on the Aeroprakt A-22 aircraft. Some of the drones were shot down with small arms. Judging by the video, one of the drones presumably exploded near the decommissioned Russian missile boat "Stupinets" of Project 12411T, another drone exploded near a small missile ship of Project 21631. Presumably, Russian electronic warfare was operating in the port area, distorting the GPS signal, which is why the drones missed. At the moment, it is unknown whether the ships were damaged or not.

 

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You underestimate the willpower of the Russian people, they would have won this war regardless, only with many more million dead people and Ukraine would be even more exhausted and destroyed, already generations of Ukranian young men are dead, I wonder how their population will grow in the future to be honest.
This was the best case scenario for Ukraine... well... the best case would have been to negotiate a peace after the offensives they did when they held much more Ukranian land but that was long ago, sadly the West blinded by wanting to weaken Russia as much as possible was completely incompetent at preventing what happend in the past months where Ukraine has less and less land and it keeps losing more and more, so in the end they will have even less land available because of this st*pidity.
The facts of the reality on the ground don't support your assessment. We have irrefutable evidence that Russia is burning through it's inventory of armor and artillery at a rate that no country on Earth could possibly replace. Russia's offensive capabilities are not dictated by manpower, they are dictated by it's armored divisions. In modern war you cannot win by simply throwing more people at the problem, as long as the opposition is receiving the resources it needs to negate that manpower advantage. Despite the bellyaching in the media, Ukraine was receiving enough material support that as long as they could stomach losing hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians in combat, while trading small increments of land for space, time and the destruction of Russian war assets, a day would come where Ukraine stood and Russia's war arsenal was so depleted that Putin would have no choice to negotiate.

The reality, however, is that relied on the U.S. and their uniquely large weapons stockpiles and military industrial complex, for which Russia has no answer outside a few categories (artillery shell production as an example).

I know that I follow the transfer of military aid to Ukraine more than most. I also transfer the loss of that aid in combat more than most. However, I also follow Russia's losses as close as anybody, and make no mistake, the attrition to their armored inventory has been immense and it's not slowing down because they're on the offensive and offensives lead to significant losses. It's simply the nature of war.

With the U.S. stockpile of Bradleys, Strykers, M113s, MRAPS, M109s, M777s, Air Defense Systems and all of it's arms and ammunition slowly becoming unavailable to the Ukrainians, the advantage in quality and availability of equipment will give Russia decisive edge.

Even if Biden does send Ukraine $4 Billion usd worth of American equipment over the next 2.5 months using the remaining Presidential Drawdown Authority available to him, that's only enough armor and artillery for Ukraine to hold on for 4-6 months, which is not long enough for the attrition of Russian Army hardware to start causing the Russian war planners serious concerns as they try to maintain offensives on multiple fronts.

Ukraine only has one chance now. Europe. The $50 Billion usd loan from the G7 will reach Ukraine while Biden is still in office. That money will keep Ukraine in the fight for the majority of 2025. But what the European Union 🇪🇺, Britain 🇬🇧, Canada 🇨🇦, and Australia 🇦🇺 are willing to do beyond that will write the final chapter in the outcome of the war. If those countries see the Russian threat to Europe as severe enough, they will come up with the roughly $100 Billion usd Ukraine needs per year to keep exhausting the Russian military. If the political willpower is not there, Ukraine will be forced to capitulate to the negotiating table an accept an agreement (brokered by Trump) that heavily fails Russia and justifies the war effort the Putin's population.

The Trump win won't begin the show major holes in the Ukrainian war effort immediately. It will take time for the American funding to dry up. Biden is likely to send all that he's authorized to over the next 2.5 months, leaving the Ukrainians in the best situation he can as he heads out the door. But unless the likes of the European Union 🇪🇺 and their allies come together and decide that this is a war effort worth supporting, including substantial investments (tens of billions of usd) in Ukraine's domestic defense production, slowly this conflict will wind down, with favorable outcome for Russia.
 

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Looks like either Zelensky is forced to give Donetsk to Russia and not allowed into NATO with no military supplies going into Ukraine. Or tell Trump to fuck off and only get supplied by Europe which will give Russians more territory like Odessa next making negotiations harder for Ukraine. Can't push back a country that has 10 times the artillery, an Air Force, strong military production chain of equipment and long range missiles and drones. Relics posts here of what Ukraine gets supplied with and Tams posts at sino defense forum shows them all getting destroyed a few weeks later. Having the US with a very high chance of cutting the funding and focusing on Iran instead is likely to happen. The Russians have moved slowed gaining territory by surrounding the Ukrainians to reduce casualties but the casualties will be lowered if Europe decides to do all the funding instead of the US. That's a big IF assuming Europe doesn't follow Trump's steps.
 

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One of the benefits of Trump winning this election while Russia is on the offensive is that it might serve as the wakeup call Europe, Britain and Canada need to finally make appropriate investments into their own defense. One thing that I've always agreed with Trump on is that many of our countries have relied on the U.S. footing the bill for too long, while the rest of us got to spent our money on social projects within our country.

In the real world, the ability to defend oneself matters to safety and security of the nation. There have already been transformational investments made across Europe and defense spending has spiked. Countries like Poland 🇵🇱 , Germany 🇩🇪 , Sweden 🇸🇪, Romania 🇷🇴 , Italy 🇮🇹 and the Czech Republic 🇨🇿 have announced major military spending over the last 2 years in response to Russian aggression, but that spending has to increase even more in the wake of the U.S. election. Europe 🇪🇺, Canada 🇨🇦 and Britain 🇬🇧 have to get serious about revamping their militaries and hitting their NATO spending targets. We've criminally underspent on many of our militaries. If we want NATO to continue being a viable defensive organization in the future and one that is able to continue to support Ukraine in the short term, decisive decision making has to happen quickly to prioritize defense, the same way public health was prioritized when the pandemic hit. If you genuinely think Russia is an existential threat to Europe, the way Covid-19 was, then your spending willpower has to rise to meet the threat. If you want Trump to continue supporting NATO, the other countries within NATO have to live up to the expectations outlined in their treaty. That includes a minimum of 2% of GDP spent by all participating members EACH YEAR consistently.

Europe has an opportunity to shine here, or they have an opportunity to falter and do nothing. I'm leaning towards them doing nothing of significance but I'll be watching eagerly in hopes of being proven wrong. I'll also be very curious to see which leaders step up to fill Biden's shoes as the Ukraine's lead supporters. It can't be one person, but can a coalition step up and work together?

Time will tell.
 

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Looks like either Zelensky is forced to give Donetsk to Russia and not allowed into NATO with no military supplies going into Ukraine. Or tell Trump to fuck off and only get supplied by Europe which will give Russians more territory like Odessa next making negotiations harder for Ukraine. Can't push back a country that has 10 times the artillery, an Air Force, strong military production chain of equipment and long range missiles and drones. Relics posts here of what Ukraine gets supplied with and Tams posts at sino defense forum shows them all getting destroyed a few weeks later. Having the US with a very high chance of cutting the funding and focusing on Iran instead is likely to happen. The Russians have moved slowed gaining territory by surrounding the Ukrainians to reduce casualties but the casualties will be lowered if Europe decides to do all the funding instead of the US. That's a big IF assuming Europe doesn't follow Trump's steps.
No need for the spreading of propaganda. We have plenty of open source tracking (Oryx, War Spotting, Andrew Perpetua, etc) that keep track of equipment losses on both sides of the conflict. Ukraine absolutely DOES NOT have all Western equipment sent to the war destroyed in a matter of weeks. They do suffer attrition, as is always the case in war, but it's nothing like the narrative you're painting. For example among key American equipment sent to the war, we have video / visual evidence of the Ukraine losing the following (not counting units repaired and returned to combat):

M1A1 Abrams MBTs 🇺🇸
Received: 31
Destroyed: 8
Damaged: 6
Captured: 1
Remaining: 16 (52%)

Bradley M2-ODS IFVs 🇺🇸
Received: 300
Destroyed: 54
Damaged: 50
Captured: 5
Remaining: 191 (64%)

Stryker APCs 🇺🇸
Received: 400
Destroyed: 19
Damaged: 5
Captured: 4
Remaining: 372 (93%)

M113 APCs 🇺🇸
Received: 900
Destroyed: 114
Damaged: 32
Captured: 19
Remaining: 735 (82%)

MRAPS 🇺🇸
Received: 1400
Destroyed: 139
Damaged: 20
Captured: 15
Remaining: 1226 (88%)

M777 155mm Howitzers 🇺🇸
Received: 189
Destroyed: 55
Damaged: 43
Captured: 0
Remaining: 91 (48%)

M109A6 155mm Howitzers 🇺🇸
Received: 18
Destroyed: 3
Damaged: 0
Captured: 0
Remaining: 15 (83%)

Anyone who cares to do a little bit of research knows that Ukraine still possesses the overwhelming majority of armor and artillery that the USA has sent them, but we also know that unless further shipments are made, eventually Russia will wear this equipment down and overwhelm the Ukrainians. Biden has about $4 Billion usd left in his PDA Authority. Reasonably, he could probably send Ukraine the following armor and artillery over the next 2.5 months (keeping in mind that much of the money would have to go towards sending ammunition, spare parts, etc along with it).

200 Additional Bradley IFVs
100 Additional Stryker APCs
500 Additional MRAPS
18 Additional M777s
18 Additional M109s

Along with European support that would be enough to keep Ukraine's brigades strong for another 8 months - 1 year, but with nothing left coming behind that to replaces those losses, Russia would eventually inflict too much attrition and Ukraine would be forced to the bargaining table under really bad conditions.


 

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No need for the spreading of propaganda. We have plenty of open source tracking (Oryx, War Spotting, Andrew Perpetua, etc) that keep track of equipment losses on both sides of the conflict. Ukraine absolutely DOES NOT have all Western equipment sent to the war destroyed in a matter of weeks. They do suffer attrition, as is always the case in war, but it's nothing like the narrative you're painting. For example among key American equipment sent to the war, we have video / visual evidence of the Ukraine losing the following (not counting units repaired and returned to combat):

M1A1 Abrams MBTs 🇺🇸
Received: 31
Destroyed: 8
Damaged: 6
Captured: 1
Remaining: 16 (52%)

Bradley M2-ODS IFVs 🇺🇸
Received: 300
Destroyed: 54
Damaged: 50
Captured: 5
Remaining: 191 (64%)

Stryker APCs 🇺🇸
Received: 400
Destroyed: 19
Damaged: 5
Captured: 4
Remaining: 372 (93%)

M113 APCs 🇺🇸
Received: 900
Destroyed: 114
Damaged: 32
Captured: 19
Remaining: 735 (82%)

MRAPS 🇺🇸
Received: 1400
Destroyed: 139
Damaged: 20
Captured: 15
Remaining: 1226 (88%)

M777 155mm Howitzers 🇺🇸
Received: 189
Destroyed: 55
Damaged: 43
Captured: 0
Remaining: 91 (48%)

M109A6 155mm Howitzers 🇺🇸
Received: 18
Destroyed: 3
Damaged: 0
Captured: 0
Remaining: 15 (83%)

Anyone who cares to do a little bit of research knows that Ukraine still possesses the overwhelming majority of armor and artillery that the USA has sent them, but we also know that unless further shipments are made, eventually Russia will wear this equipment down and overwhelm the Ukrainians. Biden has about $4 Billion usd left in his PDA Authority. Reasonably, he could probably send Ukraine the following armor and artillery over the next 2.5 months (keeping in mind that much of the money would have to go towards sending ammunition, spare parts, etc along with it).

200 Additional Bradley IFVs
100 Additional Stryker APCs
500 Additional MRAPS
18 Additional M777s
18 Additional M109s

Along with European support that would be enough to keep Ukraine's brigades strong for another 8 months - 1 year, but with nothing left coming behind that to replaces those losses, Russia would eventually inflict too much attrition and Ukraine would be forced to the bargaining table under really bad conditions.


That's the thing you use sources that don't show evidence while I do.
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This is what it's like everyday so I wasn't joking with you that you post what Ukraine gets and I use Tams posts in what gets destroyed(this is just recorded destruction most shit goes unrecorded)
Now Tam would make 2 full posts a day which was Ukrainian lines had more equipment some months ago, the reason it is mostly less now is this past week or more is that Ukrainians are retreating more. What you post takes awhile for them to receive but what happens in a single day a good portion amount of what is given to Ukraine gets destroyed. Ukrainians are still indecisive if they could launch another counteroffensive or not in 2025 because they are getting all their reserve units destroyed in Kursk and are losing ground there along with the front lines collapsing I think it will be in Ukraines best interests to follow Trump's proposal which will be give them Donetsk now or lose more.

These past few years you have made lots and lots of posts of what Ukraine has received. I think it is common sense that if you are still posting Ukraines package deals it must mean they are getting all that shit destroyed.
Just for the fun of it I will browse your profile later see your posts from February 22, 2022, what Ukraine had before that year and your latest updates of what Ukraine is receiving now.https://gazeta-ru.turbopages.org/turbo/gazeta.ru/s/army/2024/09/17/19762009.shtml ukraine has like 2.4 million russian soldiers to get rid of. Good luck if Europe will be the only ones giving the goods assuming they don't pull a trump next.



According to published data, about 100 tanks, 50 self-propelled artillery units and 23-25 different MLRS were delivered to the Russian army every month. Deliveries of towed guns reached 200 units per month, in addition, the Russian Armed Forces were replenished with hundreds of infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers every month. The Ukrainian army received several times less Western weapons, since the US and European military-industrial complexes were never able to increase production volumes

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You are under the impression that because the Biden administration still supports Ukraine that victory is certain because what other reasons would they still support Ukraine if they are to lose? The Trump administration might send a news flash to you next on why he is consistent about not wanting to give Ukraine anymore money. You argue that Europe and the US are not giving enough equipment to Ukraine it could be either 1) they don't have the production means. 2) giving less because they don't believe Ukraines victory. If NATO was to reach their goal for this war they would have gave them more equipment that you yourself are begging for instead of the Russians going from a slow to fast pace in currently grabbing more territory with no major Ukraine counteroffensive planned yet after 2025.
 

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