Russia-Ukraine War - News, Discussions & Updates

[F-22Raptor]

It's no secret that the US ran out of artillery shell in 2023? . In April, the US had to get 500,000 shells from South Korea to give to Ukraine, 2 months into the spring offensive, the US had only cluster bombs to give Ukraine. When Ukraine was using 200,000 shells a month and the US can produce only 28,000 shells a month, it doesn't take a genius to figure out there was a supply problem a year ago. The EU can't produce as much as the US, that's why the US had to go to South Korea. No amount of money will help Ukraine, the West's militaries have been depleted. Maybe the West can ask pakistan or others to sell some of their military supplies to give to Ukraine, they won't give any of that away that for free, they're not stupid

Nope, the US hasn’t run out of artillery shells. The US military has its own war requirements to meet, and has to assess risk to its own readiness. The US still has millions of 155mm and 2.8M DPICMs rounds.

Current 155mm production is 30K/month. That will reach 70K/month by end of year. Then 100K/month by end of 2025 once the new plant in Texas is up and running. Thats 1.2M per year of 155 in peace time. Russia is in full WAR TIME economy and making 2M shells/year of ALL CALIBERs.

The US and Europe combined will easily exceed Russian production capacity within 2 years.

 

[Yommie]

Actually the shells the US purchased from South Korea had a caveat that, as South Korea was neutral, they COULD NOT be given to Ukraine. So the US had to fly them to bases all around the world where limited stocks were held and SWAP them for the US made shells there. No I'm not joking. AWFUL behaviour by ALLY SK

These are cheap unguided shells with short range. It's a god send for Russians. Ukrainian artillery pieces placed close to the front are easy pickings.

 

[KingQamaR]

Young man chose wisely to surrender and he has a story to tell.

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Reminds me of the Vietnamese propaganda footage of US POW's in the Hanoi Hilton. .... showing how well they were being treated when that clearly wasn't the case. It goes against international Geneva conventions to video tape prisoners of wars!!!

 

[Yommie]

Reminds me of the Vietnamese propaganda footage of US POW's in the Hanoi Hilton. .... showing how well they were being treated when that clearly wasn't the case. It goes against international Geneva conventions to video tape prisoners of wars!!!

Propaganda and also encourages the enemy to surrender.

 

[Yommie]

Training of 106th airborne troops. Despite the name, they are not really airborne troops.

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[KingQamaR]

Propaganda and also encourages the enemy to surrender.

Soilders should never be paraded. That is against the Geneva Convention

 

[Yommie]

Soilders should never be paraded. That is against the Geneva Convention

True, but it's jungle law out there. Those who have power do as they please. It all began in 1999 when the US started bombing Belgrade.

 

[Yommie]

Ukrainian guy explains how they hoodwinked Turks for money.

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[F-22Raptor]

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Sweden set to announce a $685M military aid package for Ukraine

 

[KingQamaR]

True, but it's jungle law out there. Those who have power do as they please. It all began in 1999 when the US started bombing Belgrade.

Be wary of propaganda from both sides. War makes liars of all involved

 

[Yommie]

Leopard 2 A4 tank met its sad end.

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Sweden set to announce a $685M military aid package for Ukraine

Too little. China sends hundreds of billions of dollars to Russia every year.

 

[Yommie]

Lancet drone killing Germany supplied Marder APC

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[RoadAmerica]

It passed with 70 votes in the Senate and would easily pass the House. Even GOP members are stating Johnson won’t be able to ignore this and Ukraine aid will have to come to a vote in some form.

Unfortunately this is untrue. In the short term the bill has very little chance of passing. Honestly it’s far past time for euros to pick up the tab, I fully agree with the comments made by Mark Rutte, Europe needs to stop crying about America and focus on themselves

 

[Yommie]

Unfortunately this is untrue. In the short term the bill has very little chance of passing. Honestly it’s far past time for euros to pick up the tab, I fully agree with the comments made by Mark Rutte, Europe needs to stop crying about America and focus on themselves

Europe ain't what it used to be. After decades of feminism and feminization, Europe's productivity is a shadow of its former self.