US will not support Ukraine at level of past two years - US State Department - eviltoast
  • Skua@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Well Russia hasn’t managed to destroy Ukraine’s existing manufacturing capacity, so yes. Minister of Strategic Industries Kamyshin claimed a twenty-fold increase in artillery shell production over 2023 a couple of months ago, and while he’s obviously going to be leaning towards a favourable view of the situation given his job I think that the many deals signed by Ukraine’s NATO suppliers to begin manufacturing within Ukraine suggest that there is some substance to his words. Russia does not have access to most of Ukraine and, despite Ukraine’s lack of a real airforce, has not been able to successfully establish air superiority.

    • Krause [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      Well Russia hasn’t managed to destroy Ukraine’s existing manufacturing capacity

      they have though

      Minister of Strategic Industries Kamyshin claimed a twenty-fold increase in artillery shell production over 2023 a couple of months ago

      they can claim whatever they want for propaganda, in the real world we can observe their artillery shortages and failed offensives

      despite Ukraine’s lack of a real airforce, has not been able to successfully establish air superiority

      you don’t need air superiority to destroy a factory, please put aside the wishful thinking for 5 minutes if you can

      troops can retreat, equipment can be relocated somewhere else, a factory is a static building that you CANNOT MOVE, no matter how much air defense you put near it eventually a missile, drone or shell will go through and damage/destroy it