I see this as the EU sent old equipment to Ukraine and that equipment has decimated the Russian military. The inventories can now be refreshed with new more advanced / better equipment.
Is that why Zelenskyyy's Raiders are fleeing Bakhmut as I type?
I see this as the EU sent old equipment to Ukraine and that equipment has decimated the Russian military. The inventories can now be refreshed with new more advanced / better equipment.
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But that is not how the EU authorities phrased it.
EU (and other nations) are short on steel and have been forced to curtail some manufacturing because, as a friend in the business put it: “Some varieties of steel are becoming more difficult to find.” Smelters, rolling mills and certain alloy processes need continuous furnace operation, which is not possible when natural gas is in short supply.
Just to replace what was already sent to Ukraine will take 2-4 years to replace, according to US arms manufacturers.
Meanwhile, Russia has an energy infrastructure, plenty of raw materials and the armaments roll off the production lines as we speak. Russia has increased its military presence. It is hardly decimated.
There is, of course, how _you_ see it, but then, on the other hand, there is reality.