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Russia Is Big Winner as Iran War Drains Supplies That Ukraine Needs
The Wall Street Journal ^ | March 4, 2026 | Bojan Pancevski

Posted on 03/04/2026 8:30:23 PM PST by Trump20162020

Russia is one of the biggest winners in the early days of the largest U.S. military confrontation in decades, as Iranian missiles deplete stocks of Patriot interceptors that Ukraine needs for its defense.

Even before the Iran campaign, production bottlenecks in the U.S.-made Patriot system had drained Ukraine’s reserves and left European allies on yearslong waiting lists. Those shortfalls have allowed Russia to punch through gaps in Ukraine’s air defenses, devastating its power infrastructure and casting Ukrainian cities into blackouts.

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1 posted on 03/04/2026 8:30:23 PM PST by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

Eff Ukraine and Russia.

L


2 posted on 03/04/2026 8:31:18 PM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Trump20162020

Russia is a weiner by losing an ally and supplier?


3 posted on 03/04/2026 8:33:38 PM PST by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: Trump20162020

To the extent that the production of “munitions” built by Iran and used by the Rooskies in Ukraine are snuffed, Russia will be more limited.


4 posted on 03/04/2026 8:35:32 PM PST by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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5 posted on 03/04/2026 8:38:02 PM PST by plain talk
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"Iranian missiles deplete stocks of Patriot interceptors that Ukraine needs for its defense."

Perhaps need for the interceptors in the Mideast will diminish significantly in the very near future.
6 posted on 03/04/2026 8:41:52 PM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: griffin

It is both, there is a lot of bad news for Russia to lose an ally, but also some good news as mentioned in the title, it is the same for Ukraine, some good news, yet some bad news.


7 posted on 03/04/2026 8:52:28 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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>> Eff Uk & Ru

and the drones they flew in on! Say, do you think ol’ “Bojan Pancevski” might have a wee bit of hidden agenda bias in his article?


8 posted on 03/04/2026 9:13:57 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: Trump20162020

That is just stupid!


9 posted on 03/04/2026 9:18:12 PM PST by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: Trump20162020
... and now a few thoughts from a former Freeper.

3/04/2026: Bracken Sends: Straight Talk On Missile Reserves & Replacements, by Matthew Bracken

10 posted on 03/04/2026 9:18:24 PM PST by MacNaughton
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To: Trump20162020

So, I am supposed to care more about Ukrainians than Americans? A big nuke in one of the USA cities is a more important issue to me than a war between Russia and Ukraine.


11 posted on 03/04/2026 9:18:42 PM PST by jimpick
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To: Trump20162020

Time for NATO to contribute armaments’ to the Ukraine while the U.S. is busy in Iran...


12 posted on 03/04/2026 9:22:21 PM PST by Doc91678 (Doc91678)
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To: Trump20162020

Wall Street Journal editors have extreme TDS. I take anything they posit as a freakin’ lie on steroids!


13 posted on 03/04/2026 9:31:00 PM PST by antceecee ( )
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To: Trump20162020

The Rooskies are a yuge weiner....


14 posted on 03/04/2026 9:32:57 PM PST by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: Trump20162020
I thought that most of the drones Russia is using were made in Iran. Not to mention that Iran's very expensive Russian integrated air defense system was utterly useless against the US Air Force, and was quickly obliterated.

That's going to do wonders for Russia's defense industry's international sales.

15 posted on 03/04/2026 9:38:13 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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Yes Iran is a chief supplier of drones and missiles to Russia. Or should say, ‘was.’ In addition, the ‘drain’ on US supplies is a temporary situation; and in fact Ukraine seems to be holding its own very well lately, so this ‘reporter’s’ feverish imagination is probably misdirected. But hey, we have to conjure up some kind of downside, don’t we?


16 posted on 03/04/2026 9:38:54 PM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative. )
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To: Trump20162020

That’s a stretch.


17 posted on 03/04/2026 9:41:07 PM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump )
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To: Trump20162020

A few years ago I read an analysis stating that it would take Ukraine several years to erect a sufficient air defense. They had massive gaps to begin with - bald spots and ‘free-for-all’ zones. It’s pointless to pin this on current events, but they will defend St. Zelensky’s pan handling rights.


18 posted on 03/04/2026 9:42:47 PM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: Trump20162020

It’s a logistics loss for Russia as they were buying munitions and drones from Iran.

CC


19 posted on 03/04/2026 9:49:46 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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To: Trump20162020

Democrats running defense for Putin.
Again.


20 posted on 03/04/2026 10:08:18 PM PST by NoLibZone (Trump needs to require all democrats in office to re take their oath to the US Constitution.)
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