You demonstrate a fundamental lack of understanding if you think that Bahkmut is just some small city in the Donbas region with no military value. Here is a map of the geography around Bahkmut for reference.
Posted on 03/25/2023 9:24:09 AM PDT by Kazan
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed that under present circumstances, Kiev is currently unable to launch a counteroffensive, blaming the situation on weapons shortage.
"We can't start yet. We can't send our brave soldiers to the front line without tanks, artillery and HIMARS [multiple launch rocket systems]," Zelensky said in an interview with Yomiuri Shimbun daily.
He continued, saying that the situation in the country's east is "unfavorable" and that Ukraine is currently waiting for its allies to supply it with weaponry.
This comes shortly after Zelensky beseeched European leaders to deliver lethal weapons at a faster rate than they are being delivered, as he addressed a gathering of his EU allies via video link from a Ukrainian train.
He further warned that any delays in sending fighter jets and long-range missiles could prolong the war.
It is worth noting that Ukraine has constantly pleaded with its Western allies to send modern warplanes and long-range missiles. However, most of Kiev's backers have so far refused to provide Western-made aircraft.
Supplying Ukraine with Western jets or allowing the use of foreign airfields by Ukrainian jets to attack Russian targets would, according to Russia, be considered "the involvement of these states in armed conflict." So far, this consideration has driven the US and NATO decision-making on how they aid Ukraine, which is why it seems that the West may back down on supplying Ukraine with fighter jets, at least for the time being.
Commenting on Zelenzky's remarks on Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron assured that EU leaders informed Zelensky that they would support Kiev.
EU leaders also backed on Thursday a plan to fasten the delivery of ammunition to Ukraine, the acquisition of artillery rounds in bulk, and the expansion of Europe's own military manufacturing capacity. The EU approved a $2.14 billion plan earlier this week to give Ukraine one million rounds of ammunition.
That makes more sense. I see some shells even have GPS guidance. Fancy.
You demonstrate a fundamental lack of understanding if you think that Bahkmut is just some small city in the Donbas region with no military value. Here is a map of the geography around Bahkmut for reference.
Thinking your analysis is pretty close to spot on.
Europe has depleted much of their already thin stockpiles of functional weapons and much of what remains is in disrepair.
Seems that Putin was not the only world leader who has learned to their chagrin that that which on the inventory lists many be in the optimum state of readiness
The US has already given about all it can give in both military and financial aid without seriously compromising our our own national security. Worse the Biden Admin has been throwing taxpayer money around at an alarming rate. It's hard to see how we can can continue to prop up the Ukraine governments payroll and fund it's entire it's pension system when we are spending on covid bailouts, welfare, housing and medical care for 5 million illegal alien "refugees" who have crossed the border in the last 2 years, green energy subsidies, DEI programs, tranny transition surgery and drug therapies, bank bailouts, fiscally counter productive and insane " inflation subsidies", Build Back Better and the rest of the rest of the massive counter productive funding misallocations of the Biden Era.
It's also not obvious that the Ukraine has spent the blank check the US and NATO has gifted them wisely and in the most productive fashion. In fact, much of the support has been stolen in graft and corruption ( much of which is kick backs to well connected US and NATO politicians and their grifter kids, entourages and cronies) wasted and/or blown through in indisciminant, spendthrift use of expensive and hard to replace smart weapons and just plain outright fraud.
This conflict is a disaster and it needs to be shut down via a negotiated settlement ASAP. If it continues, support of the feckless Western powers will be withdrawn, the betrayed Ukraine resistance will collapse and a demoralized NATO will be facing a victorious Russian Army on the borders of what once was the Ukraine.
Whut? Zeepers have been telling us all week that Ukraine is winning again. Maybe they meant whining.
This just cannot be true.
No matter how the war progresses, Zelensky will always have his golden parachute. He is an international *star*, and will be feted to the end of his days.
The Kreepy Kardboard Kutout.
Look at his face and head - he is an actual fktard for real.
He is pure, 100% American white trash.
Ashley Biden: “In the shower, no one can see Dad’s face...”
Polish farmers threw eggs at the Minister of Agriculture and his colleagues from Lithuania and the Czech Republic....... “Judas, traitor, you sold us for Ukraine!
https://twitter.com/ArthurM40330824/status/1639429351455293440?cxt=HHwWgIC8_eOTtsAtAAAA
He constantly consults the Daily Mail etc. with his war plans.
You’d think maybe he’s smart and just bluffing, but he actually does the st00pit $**t he tells the media... then fails at it.
The Shake Down continues…….
It’s actually pretty easy, I have no idea the cost of 155mm shells but suppose 10 billion will buy you 1 million rounds of 155mm shells but only 200,000 get delivered, the remaining 800,000 rounds were stolen and laundered off.
We’ve been told over 100 billion has gone to Ukraine by the US alone and Russian military budget is less than that, yet some how Russia never seems to run low on ammuntion while the Ukrainians seem to be constantly low.
It’s actually pretty easy, I have no idea the cost of 155mm shells but suppose 10 billion will buy you 1 million rounds of 155mm shells but only 200,000 get delivered, the remaining 800,000 rounds were stolen and laundered off.
We’ve been told over 100 billion has gone to Ukraine by the US alone and Russian military budget is less than that, yet some how Russia never seems to run low on ammuntion while the Ukrainians seem to be constantly low.
Is Russia still bogged down in Bahkmut? They were supposed to take this weeks ago.
The Ukrainian summer offensive is coming soon.
You guys know that never happened right?
Perhaps I’m dum, but I see Bakhmut is, cleary, being used as a black hole to suck resoures and men out of Ukraine and the West at large.
Ukraine as a whole is being used the same way. Vlad is bleeding us dry - and China loves it.
Biden will dog-face-pony-soldier up.
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