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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Russia is following the same strategy we follow with China.
If Russia doesn’t sue for peace soon, they could lose Crimea.
Also one of the more confusing.
Book ‘em Dano!
Russia’s Army is northern Red Army.
Sorry, Russia’s Army has never been Red. That was the USSR. DM is trying to conflate the 2.
Except those military production factories are in Northern part of Ukraine which Russia has under their control - so I doubt this is true.
“Morse Systems Intercept Operators were in the same building with us in tech school.”
I was a Non-Morse Systems Operator; though, of course, we knew Morse because often freq changes were in Morse, as well as some call signs, etc.
Encircled and about to die if they don't surrender in eastern Ukraine. That you don't know that means you nothing about what is actually other than propaganda you're getting.
It's likely all going down next week. The Ukrainian military is going to be slaughtered. The propaganda sources you're reading are going to have to figure out a way to spin the story to try to reconcile with the misinformation they have been spewing.
Tovarich, perhaps it’s an English language dictionary that you need. I’m sure you can find one in Moscow or St. Petersburg, or wherever you are trolling from. I’ll grant you that the Russians have the POTENTIAL of encircling the Ukrainians if the can continue their offensive south from Izium, but they haven’t achieved this yet. Only time will tell, so it’s premature to declare victory for your Russian comrades.
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