Ukraine War Watch Thread

[ibm9000]

No Weapons...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/artic ... on-kharkiv

No money...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/artic ... y-ebrd-war

Not recruiting...

https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine ... n-ukraine/

And corruption.

Ukraine has hit an airbase in Crimea, not in Voronezh.

[ibm9000]

"The last attack, on May 8, was particularly devastating, CEO Maksym Timchenko said, because all of the missiles reached their targets, unimpeded by air defense, knocking out three more power stations."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/20 ... ed-russia/

Ukraine is launching drone attacks against Russia.

[ibm9000]

It'sthe world's fault! Zelenskyy.

$20 billion Replenishment of the U.S. military with weapons and equipment provided to Ukraine from Defense Department inventory.
$14 billion For Ukraine to purchase weapons and equipment from U.S. firms.
$15 billion U.S. support including military training, intelligence sharing, increased presence in Eastern Europe, and other activities.
$8 billion Direct budget support for Ukraine.
$3.2 billion $1.6 billion for economic development, $1.6 billion to bolster air and maritime defenses in and around Ukraine.
Source: U.S. Congress. Feb 16

[wjfox]

It'sthe world's fault! Zelenskyy.

$20 billion Replenishment of the U.S. military with weapons and equipment provided to Ukraine from Defense Department inventory.
$14 billion For Ukraine to purchase weapons and equipment from U.S. firms.
$15 billion U.S. support including military training, intelligence sharing, increased presence in Eastern Europe, and other activities.
$8 billion Direct budget support for Ukraine.
$3.2 billion $1.6 billion for economic development, $1.6 billion to bolster air and maritime defenses in and around Ukraine.
Source: U.S. Congress. Feb 16

Or maybe, just maybe, it's Russia's fault?

For... you know, launching the biggest illegal invasion in Europe since the 40s.

[ibm9000]

"... in Europe..."

Good point.

[ibm9000]

His unit's U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer, which once hurled 100 shells a day at the encroaching enemy, is now often reduced to fewer than 10.
"It's a luxury if we can fire 30 shells." Ukrainian gun commander Oleksandr Kozachenko.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/uk ... 024-05-18/

"For the first time since the start of the war, none of the brigades complain that there are no artillery projectiles." Zelenskyi said.

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1791398508831871446

[ibm9000]

"Russian forces recently marginally advanced in northern Robotyne and have likely seized the settlement."

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgr ... ay-20-2024

What happened to the Ukrainian summer offensive of 2023?

[ibm9000]

In round numbers:

152mm shell $500 ($600?)
155mm shell $5.000 (up to $8.000)

Ukraine had less population (1:3.5), now even less: 1:7 (?).
Is Russia spending more money on this war?

Any conclusions?

[ibm9000]

Joe Biden’s administration has challenged a claim by the British defence secretary, Grant Shapps, that China is sending “lethal aid” to Russia for use in its war in Ukraine. theguardian
I am missing something in that US challenging UK about China...

What's more, countries aren't willing to accept the blow to their own air defenses necessary to make good on deliveries to Ukraine, said Fabian Hoffmann, a researcher working on missile technology at the University of Oslo. Politico
US is spending $20bn (of UKR aid) on itself.

"Propaganda is an inescapable ingredient of modern conflict. In the Second World War, it was considered essential for the struggle to defeat the German army that the peoples of the Grand Alliance should be convinced of the qualitative superiority of their fighting men to those of the enemy. One dogface or one tommy was worth three wooden-headed krauts. Hitler's robots could never match the imagination and initiative of Allied soldiers on the battlefield." Max Hastings. (Who forgot to mention De Bello Gallico and Mentir comme un bulletin.)
I does look familiar.

[ibm9000]

"Ukrainian servicemen in Kharkiv Oblast near the Russian border are finally receiving the artillery shells they need to halt Russia’s advance, according to Euractiv reporters who visited the frontline and spoke with the soldiers.
For six months, Ukrainian troops were hindered by shortages of artillery shells and other weapons due to delays in US Congress approving military aid. Russia exploited this situation by opening a new front in northern Kharkiv Oblast on 10 May."
https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/05/22/ ... euractive/

The plentiful shells Zelenskyi was talking about.