Posted on 04/01/2022 5:01:25 PM PDT by algore
Given Russia's reliance on Ukraine for military components, UK defence sources say Russia's war effort is in serious trouble.
Last night a source said: 'Serious amounts of components for Russian weapons systems were made there [Ukraine]. That won't be happening any more.
'Russia cannot manufacture this equipment itself or import it, so it won't be getting any of these materials any time soon. The hardware expended in Ukraine came from historic stockpiles, developed when there was greater cooperation between Russia and Ukraine.
'The integration of their industrial complexes meant a severing of relations would jeopardise Russia's ability to sustain military operations. Now they're running out.'
In the Soviet Union era, Ukraine produced 30 per cent of the Union's weaponry and military equipment.
Weapons sales continued after the Cold War. In 2012 Ukraine was the world's fourth largest arms exporter and the Commonwealth of Independent States – as the Soviet Union became – was among its biggest customers.
But after Russia invaded Crimea in 2014 and began the conflict in the Donbas region – aided with Ukrainian equipment – Kyiv drastically reduced supplies to its neighbour.
Ukraine's revenues from arms exports plummeted from £1billion in 2012 to £100million in 2020.According to UK sources, Russia faces drastic shortages of 'helicopter, ship, fighter jet and cruise missile parts'.
Its cruise missiles were manufactured in Ukraine's second biggest city Kharkiv, which has been bombarded by Russian artillery and aircraft.
The state-run instrument-making plant at Izyum also made essential components for Russia's T-72 range of tanks.
The war is also expected to curtail Russia's nuclear programme as half of the components for its ground-based intercontinental ballistic missiles were sourced in Ukraine.
Russia's generals have pushed back against Kremlin attempts to deploy thousands more troops to Ukraine, rejecting them as 'not fit for purpose'.
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This is one of the most bizarre wars I’ve ever seen.
No wonder Ukraine is so well-supplied. They make everything for Russia.
Fake new just keeps coming.
I don’t think I’ve ever physically seen anything made in Russia in my life, except for a set of babushka dolls.
Golly gee Wally, I hope we don’t rely on another country for spare parts and end up going to war with them.
More propaganda from the tabloid trash Daily Mail! The Russian defense industry is very spread out across-the-board.
Daily Mail, bastion of truth.
Those, and vodka and caviar
Meanwhile, 60,000 Ukrainian troops are stranded in Donbass, encircled with nowhere to go.
True. I’ve seen a bottle Stolichnaya behind a bar. Caviar, no.
The war is only bizarre if you believe propaganda like this.
Encircled? What roads are cut?
Many of us here predicted this. So foreseeable.
All I know is there are not a whole lot of Russians around the capital of Ukraine anymore. So your fake news talking point seems to be getting weaker by the day.
Perfect Mr. President.😉
DM reported the same thing since day three.
Fake news or not, this should be a lesson for us. Will we learn from it?
Doubtful.
The navy, other than patrol boats, consisted of one ship.
And the air force was, effectively, about three dozen planes, not all flyable. Big whoop. A fine achievement for the Russian air force, 20X bigger.
“The Nazi Azov bastards” are, what, one battalion out of over 500,000 Ukrainians mobilized by now?
Russian-Putinist propaganda would be far more effective if it weren’t so petty and so silly. And so also with Russian foreign policy. Christ, invading Georgia was the height of pettiness. Threatening Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, murdering half the Polish government, poisoning foreign politicians, etc. and etc. Its like Putin wants to destroy goodwill everywhere just because he can. Its extremely stupid.
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