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To: dforest
Ben Wallace, the UK’s Secretary of Defence, has warned that Ukraine must learn to fight like a “Western” nation, saying that the country risks running out of weapons and ammunition in its fight against Russia if it continues to fail to use its resources sparingly.

This attitude is a damning indictment of not Ukraine, but the UK's current manufacturing capacity.

5 posted on 02/17/2023 7:14:01 AM PST by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Even more so of Ukraine for not prepping for a situation like this and for fighting a deadly proxy war for other countries using their own people as cannon fodder for globalist interests.


8 posted on 02/17/2023 7:17:51 AM PST by dforest
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

It seems England like the rest of NATO were not prepared for a long fight, and in some countries no extra capacity to supply a fight. I will assume they are sitting on war stocks they would need for themselves.


11 posted on 02/17/2023 7:23:44 AM PST by Liaison (TANSTAAFL)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

It’s not just the UK. The ammunition shortage has been widely reported:

“NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday that the “current rate of Ukraine’s ammunition expenditure is many times higher than our current rate of production,” which is putting “our defense industries under strain.”

Link: https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/17/politics/us-weapons-factories-ukraine-ammunition/index.html

More:

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/14/u-s-training-ukrainian-troops-use-less-ammo-00082765

https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-war-is-the-army-running-out-of-ammunition/a-64710592

You can do an internet search and find many more.


17 posted on 02/17/2023 7:33:56 AM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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