Ukraine Belatedly Admits ‘Heavy Casualty Rate’ In Appeal For More Weapons From West
Ukraine’s government has thus far kept its military death toll a tightly guarded secret, now four months into the conflict, even as heavy international scrutiny has focused on Russian losses amid prior widespread speculation and assertions that Russia was “losing”.
However, there’s been a noticeable shift in Western media and among the national security pundit class over the past weeks as Russian forces begin to solidify hold over nearly all the Donbas, and as the final Luhansk holdout city of Severodonetsk’s fall looks imminent.
After seeking to hide or downplay information which could give the appearance of sever Ukrainian losses and battlefield setbacks, it seems taking daily average casualties public is geared toward getting more arms from the West.
“Everything now depends on what [the west] gives us,” he told The Guardian. “Ukraine has one artillery piece to 10 to 15 Russian artillery pieces. Our western partners have given us about 10% of what they have.” In appealing for Kiev’s Western backers to send more, particularly the United States, even after billions spent on military aid, he stressed that the military is fast running out of munitions:
“We have almost used up all of our [artillery] ammunition and are now using 155-calibre Nato standard shells,” he said of the ammunition that is fired from artillery pieces.
“Europe is also delivering lower-calibre shells but as Europe runs out, the amount is getting smaller.”
Fifty-three billion and they want more, more, more.
A better man than Zelensky would have sat down at a table with Putin three months ago and ended this thing.
It was all so forseeable how this would end.
So they got our money & our weapons & are losing. Wondering if they are even using the weapons & money to fight? Not that they were ever going to defeat Russia anyway.
As that “wise” Muslim said, “It’s all about the Benjamins.”
Each billion is one thousand times a million dollars. The Ukrainians and our leftists in DC act like it is pocket change. I remember the entire time Trump was in office, anything he wanted, like the wall, brought strong and persistent cries of “how are we going to pay for it“ from Congress.