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Ukraine's Western Sponsors Running Out of Ammo & Out of Time
Ukraine's Western Sponsors Running Out of Ammo & Out of Time
The New Atlas
Aug 31, 2023
Update on the conflict in Ukraine for August 31, 2023:
- The Western media is trying to spin Ukrainian gains within the security or “gray zone” ahead of Russia’s first of several defense lines as a “turning point” in the offensive;
- Ukraine’s offensive potential has been exhausted with the West struggling to find arms and ammunition to replace Ukrainian losses;
- The West is even struggling to pull together large numbers of antiquated and inappropriate equipment like the post-WW2 Leopard 1 tank;
- Meanwhile Ukraine continues conducting drone strikes in Russia, achieving questionable PR value and little else;
- A recent Ukrainian drone strike on an airport hosting Il-76 strategic airlift aircraft damaged 2. To put that in context, Russia operates over 100 of these aircraft and has production capacity to build up to 12 annually;
- Ukraine’s sponsors are unable to sustain the conflict “for as long as it takes,” and only for as long as they have arms and ammunition to supply Ukraine in sufficient quantities;
References:
Forbes - Two Ukrainian Air Assault Brigades Are Flanking Russia’s Next Strongpoint On The Road To Melitopol (August 29, 2023):
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe...
Forbes - As Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Gains Momentum, Russia Is Deploying Some Of Its Last Good Reserves (August 27, 2023):
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe...
Reuters - Ukrainian drones attack Russian air base near Estonia (August 30, 2023):
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/...
Ukrainska Pravda - Drone attack on Pskov: first satellite images of airfield (August 31, 2023):
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/20...
US Agency for Global Media - Radio Svoboda:
https://www.usagm.gov/tag/radio-svoboda/
Air Data News - 50 years after first flight, Il-76 is still being produced in Russia (2021):
https://www.airdatanews.com/50-years-...
US State Department - New Package of Additional U.S. Military Assistance for Ukraine (August 29, 2023):
https://www.state.gov/new-package-of-...
US Defense Department - Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine (August 29, 2023):
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases...
The Drive - Ukraine’s Mi-24 Hinds Now Armed With U.S. 70mm Hydra Rockets (August 1, 2023):
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone...
Forbes - To Free Up Another Hundred Leopard 1 Tanks For Ukraine, German Diplomats Are Getting Creative (August 29, 2023):
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe...
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