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[F-22Raptor]

It has not achieved parity, even with American aid. If Ukraine depends on itself with European aid that only fulfills half of what it promises, the situation of Ukrainian artillery will only tend to become even more serious, because Europe is incapable of supporting the Ukrainian artillery effort, whether with barrels or shells.

To be clear, it’s not achieved parity in shell production, but Ukraines enormous production of FPV drones has closed that gap.

 

[Viet]

I wonder how this would impact all the crap Ukraine breaks that gets shipped to Poland for the Americans to fix.

The US should not only suspend this, but also withdraw troops from Europe and cease all intelligence assistance.

much like my Audi
it’s equipped full of electronic made by Audi.
if Audi says: sorry we stop service your car then I has no choice but dump the car as scrap metal.

if the US stops servicing US weapons then Ukraine can scrap all US made weapons. same for Poland. the Poles buy a lot of US hardware. basically all US allies and friends. they can dump into trash bin.

Also, people can ask what about Boeing? Tesla?

will a Boeing drop from sky?

or as Trump said it during a meeting, everything is possible, what if a bombs drops on your head?

 

[F-22Raptor]

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US aid is only suspended at this point, not permanently terminated

 

[RescueRanger]

The fate of the Kiev beggar may seem similar to these:

Respectfully please DO NOT refer to a nation as a 'beggar' on this forum. Thank you.

 

[KingQamaR]

It has not achieved parity, even with American aid. If Ukraine depends on itself with European aid that only fulfills half of what it promises, the situation of Ukrainian artillery will only tend to become even more serious, because Europe is incapable of supporting the Ukrainian artillery effort, whether with barrels or shells.

Europe has nothing left to though, According to analysts reports facts are that Germany, Sweden and Denmark is bingo regarding ammo. The U.K. is near as well and the other EU countries are presumably as bad.

 

[Nuffle]

Ukraine is producing 200K+ FPV drones per MONTH. The US front loaded artillery and Europe has ramped shell production.

Those combined fires have achieved parity with the Russians. It’s not 2022-early 2024 anymore.

The Russians are also producing thousands of FPV drones per month, according to the Ukrainian intelligence source tracking this production and reports from Ukrainian fighters on the front line who are seeing the massive use of FPV drones by the Russians. So there is not this total disparity that you claim, the battlefield on both sides is exactly the same:

A Thousand Snipers in the Sky: The New War in Ukraine (Published 2025)

Drones have changed the war in Ukraine, with soldiers adapting off-the-shelf models and swarming the front lines.

www.nytimes.com

 

[RescueRanger]

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Need to lay of the udon.

 

[Nuffle]

What's Europe actually got left? All former Warsaw pact gear has been sent to Ukraine. Almost all Cold War era armour and ACVS has been sent along with least 70% of ammo stocks.

Good question. Even Italy has scrapped all its military stockpiles, a storage camp literally empty after three years of war. Imagine for the other European states that had stockpiles of Soviet military equipment and are now unable to send anything they want, relying only on European industry that is incapable of producing in sufficient quantities to sustain Ukraine.

 

[Nuffle]

To be clear, it’s not achieved parity in shell production, but Ukraines enormous production of FPV drones has closed that gap.

This is not what Ukrainian reports claim. Here is a personal account from someone who is actually on the battlefield:

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He claims that 80% of all strikes are carried out by drones, the use of other types of weapons has significantly decreased compared to 22-23, the use of artillery has now decreased tenfold compared to the barrage that was in 22, which also applies to the Russians.

Ukraine has not collapsed yet only because of this. The ubiquity of drones as a reconnaissance and fire complex allows Ukrainian fighters to hold the Russians at the defense lines, if it were not for this, Ukraine would have already surrendered.

 

[F-22Raptor]

The Russians are also producing thousands of FPV drones per month, according to the Ukrainian intelligence source tracking this production and reports from Ukrainian fighters on the front line who are seeing the massive use of FPV drones by the Russians. So there is not this total disparity that you claim, the battlefield on both sides is exactly the same:

A Thousand Snipers in the Sky: The New War in Ukraine (Published 2025)

Drones have changed the war in Ukraine, with soldiers adapting off-the-shelf models and swarming the front lines.

www.nytimes.com

Again, Ukraine has achieved fires parity with Russia. Ukraine has massively closed the fires gap that existed in 2022/2023/early 2024.

That’s confirmed by researchers like Mike Kofman who make trips to the front.

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[Kharral]

pls don’t drag us into this discussion.
what freedom?
Viet Nam is always ruled by a strongman since founding.
be king, emperor, president or communist leader.
it’s about right or wrong. not about democracy or communism.
the russians can’t come as robber and rapist, as excuse they use language oppression, freedom, nazi.

Are you actually of Vietnamese descent ?

I was under the impression that you are Vietnam war grunt.

 

[Nuffle]

Again, Ukraine has achieved fires parity with Russia. Ukraine has massively closed the fires gap that existed in 2022/2023/early 2024.

That’s confirmed by researchers like Mike Kofman who make trips to the front.

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Michael Kofman's credibility is questionable when he cannot criticize the AFU at the risk of losing access to the front lines. His commitment to the truth is not what it was before the war began, when he still had some credibility.

 

[F-22Raptor]

This is not what Ukrainian reports claim. Here is a personal account from someone who is actually on the battlefield:

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He claims that 80% of all strikes are carried out by drones, the use of other types of weapons has significantly decreased compared to 22-23, the use of artillery has now decreased tenfold compared to the barrage that was in 22, which also applies to the Russians.

Ukraine has not collapsed yet only because of this. The ubiquity of drones as a reconnaissance and fire complex allows Ukrainian fighters to hold the Russians at the defense lines, if it were not for this, Ukraine would have already surrendered.

Again, you’ve proven my point. Ukraine has achieved fires parity with the Russians. They’ve reduced Russian fires advantage to the point where it’s no longer decisive.

 

[F-22Raptor]

Michael Kofman's credibility is questionable when he cannot criticize the AFU at the risk of losing access to the front lines. His commitment to the truth is not what it was before the war began, when he still had some credibility.

It’s only questionable because you hold an anti-Ukrainian position. You are not here in good faith

 

[KingQamaR]

Good question. Even Italy has scrapped all its military stockpiles, a storage camp literally empty after three years of war. Imagine for the other European states that had stockpiles of Soviet military equipment and are now unable to send anything they want, relying only on European industry that is incapable of producing in sufficient quantities to sustain Ukraine.

They will buy ammo from outside of EU from Pakistan like USA was rumoured was doing I give up on silly Pakistanis at times. By the time EU enters in a war economy it will be too late. Russia holds the cards.