Putin's dwindling Soviet stocks could end his invasion of Ukraine | Illia Ponomarenko
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- "It's going to be the year where Russia draws near to a point where it generally exhausts the endless bottom of soviet supplies."
Putin's invasion could come to a grinding halt if he can't replace dwindling soviet era weapons supplies, Ukrainian Journalist Illia Ponomarenko tells Frontline on #timesradio
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Ukraine needs to gain control over its air space before trying a counter offensive again. Otherwise it's too expensive in lives and materiel.
the problem is Ukriane is lacking aircraft and those F16's will they ever arrive! far too late and not enough of them... the West is been very slow to decide and slower to deliver weapons. the USA failures are appalling and we must wonder if the USA will stop supporting Ukriane soon, thus no more weapons.
The US is falling apart a coup as take place now and an unelected person controls the government today. a person who is fully aligned with Putin. the GOP is the Putin Party today... if trump loses the election a new insurrection will occur, 2025 will the US become a failed State?
A civil war could break out in the US.
ALSo Americans give Russia a green light to attack Ukraine by launching from within Russian land and telling Ukriane they cannot attack these launch points. The US has NEVER had a goal of Ukraine WINNING this war!!! The US only wants Ukraine to wear Russian forces down, but by GOD do not win the war... Putin's ego will be offended and this is far more important to Americans.
As Russia are finding in colossal losses.
When the F16s arrive they will have superior air power over the Russians.
@@christiner302 This will be good to see.
We can all support Ukraine. For example, by donating to United24 which funds drone programmes.
Churchill said: The Americans always do the right thing, after having tried everything else first
Churchill once called me on cold October morning and after a long conversation he was able to save me around 15% a year.
@@PsionicDummy surprised he took the trouble
@@guyvert49sarcasm 🤣
Churchill is/was an insurance company in Britain, may still be
@@TalibanAtrocities the bulldog never said what I have quoted & the alleged sarcasm is puerile
Churchill was a white supremacist who committed and advocated for atrocities all over the world. And the Americans never do the right thing. This is not the right thing.
You can call a rocket with 10 digit grid accuracy 'obsolete' all day long, but accurately putting steel on target never gets stale.
What it goes up against matters
well, that's the issue. They aren't accurate
What an incredibly articulate man, who speaks of all these complexities with such profound clarity … in a, to him, foreign language. Bravo!!! 👍👍
shame he incorrect
Yeah, after western experts said that Russian stoks are full.Thalking about nothing
What do you use? Sand number of your dealer, please.
that's right, it doesn't matter that all indicators say completely different😁😁😁
Applying common sense to American politics will make your head hurt
And UK political parties both supporting genocide in Palestine makes sense?
It takes time to convince people to spend money that you don’t have on somebody else’s war with no legitimate hopes of ever being repaid.
@@chillxxx241 "somebody else's war"? The world is all joined up now - its only the people who don't understand the modern world that think that way.
@@edwardhammond5582 MAGA remembers Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Serbia, Libya, Vietnam....
You don't even remember Obama watched Russia take Crimea in 2014. You blame MAGA for inaction stopping Russia & insist Trump is Putin's pet.
@@chillxxx241 "spend money that you don’t have on somebody else’s war "
Wherever you went to high school, ask them for a refund. You clearly learned nothing about the most basic elements of history.
If the USA had sent dollars and equipment to Western Europe in the 1930's they wouldn't have had to send their sons in 1940's. Which do you think is more valuable?
Russia has abundance of shovels😂
Wooden ones?
Maybe time to stop digging ?
Abundance of shovels? NOPE. Listen to this 2 minute segment of two Russians stuck in a trench, complaining about no food, water, communications, or shovels.
czcams.com/video/ZbJ12cUdvUI/video.html
According to the BBC, the Russians had to take Bakhmut with shovels because the Ukranians destroyed all their weaponry. The Russians bayoneted the Ukranians with the shovels.
In Soviet times there was a comedian -- I don't remember his name -- who strummed a guitar and sang a song as part of his act. One verse went something like this: 🎼🎵🎶 "There's toilet paper in the shops again." At that point the audience chimed in with an enthusistic "Hurrah!" The comedian continued: 🎵🎶 "But it's used." The disappointed audience lamented in unison with an "Ohhhhh." The comedian camd back with: 🎵🎶 "But we can use the other side!" The relieved audience: "Hurrah!"
People in DENIAL, UNTILL, It is THEIR FRONT DOOR>>>>
Lots of that went on --- right up to December 6, 1941.
@@w.reidripley1968 because of isolationists / shills like Trump
In May 2022 Russia was holding 22 % of Ukraine INCLUDING Crimea and DPR/LPR. Today it is 15 %..Fast backward specialists are just IGNORANT. When you need to field T-62 and T-55 tanks older than Vladimir, buy primitive drone from Iran, poor quality ammunition from North-Korea you are in good shape are you ? Not mentioning using Chinese made golf carts or bikes to try to advance with disastrous results
Russia's defense industry is collapsing fast. Went from 32 customers to 12 now. It was already tanking in 2021. Russia was not able to deliver S-400 to Turkey as promised for 2023..they are now talking 2027...Unable to deliver spare parts for SU-30's India fighter plane. Customers left are not able to pay, Russia has no access to the us dollar, nobody is using ruble even China forced Russia to use yuan. Pitiful results on the battlefield are a marketing disaster for Russia a country where exporting arms was after energy the ONLY other market
Results..
India ditch the Mig-29 for their navy tooks Rafale, Brazil ditch SU-35 took Grippen, Indonesia ditch SU-35 took Rafale and f-15ex...SU-35 was last in all competitive tenders, poor engine, extremely costly maintenance, poor electronics, poor cockpit integration.
India went away from the SU-57 leaving Russia without customers, unable to finance and to build the plane. 2 or 3 of them were making circle in Syria...New tank Armata T-14 is a disaster, nothing works, same for the Tigr infantry vehicles that were blown away by Javelin. India the only big customer cancelled many orders including choppers, planes.
Without exports manufacturing arms is an economical suicide.
They were found out all thanks to putin 😅😅
Russia at the moment is fully able to replace its losess and is winning the war. This 91bn of dollars are going to end and Russia will still be there. Its not me saying that its the institute of the study of war. Enough whisfull thinking. European citizens should be to told to prepare being in war by 2030
@@user-wn2dr6zc9z@user-wn2dr6zc9z They aren't being used in Iran; they are being blown up by Ukraine.
Russia couldn't afford this war and lost on day one !
@@trooper101st.7 I say this all the time even if they won the war they have lost big time
Kerch bridge is in the cross hairs
The problem of soviet weaponry is that required huge amounts of maintenance .And , at this war rate , not all weaponry is available
Now they know how England felt in WW1 and WW2. "Americans will always do the right thing, only after they have tried everything else" Winston Churchill. GBA
What about the Welsh or Scot's??? Was Churchill only speaking on behalf of the English???
@@klausschumacher7126 Most likely. The English view the Welsh and Scots as second class citizens, only good for providing assets to the English.
doug
Wake up mate. This is neither of those wars, nor is it even the same century. Things have moved on.
@@klausschumacher7126 Most likely. The English consider the Welsh and Scots to be second class citizens. They’ve been treating them like garbage for centuries, stealing their assets while looking down their nose at them.
“It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.”
― Henry Kissinger
Not sure. We have been saying this end of invasion and it hasn't. So long as there is China, Iran, and Korea DPR
They aren't exactly in good economic shape.
The US has done an excellent job of pushing these countries closer together. Russia has America right where China wants them
@@christophernicolson5086 No worse than anyone else.
Iran does nothing after Israel decided to defend themselves.
China says NO to assisting Vova.
North Korean weapons turned out to be total junk.
For China to start supplying heavy armour like tanks and APV's etc is very different to supplying drones and golf carts. N Korea doesnt have enough and they are very old and Iran has even fewer!
As an American I can say that I'm deeply ashamed, that this was delayed by MAGA Republicans! What have we become?😢
god forbid someone think for themselves. America Democrats becoming fascist Statism destroying Constitution.
If that is truly your belief then you know what you have to do: vote blue in November.
You mean delayed by Biden's intransigence closing the border?
I'm a MAGA Republican and I support Ukraine 100 percent.
It's a minority of Republican congressman that don't want to support Ukraine because of our open border .
@@marktuyet No, because they're being paid by Putin.
All European countries should sign a pact like nato. If one is attacked we are all in. And also build our military up to a level where we can defend ourselves 🤷♂️
We saw their unity in Covid years🤣🤣🤣
But the vast majority of European countries are already in NATO….
And many are increasing militarily expenditure significantly.
@@rodneyfungus8249 Yes, but Germany has just six brigades and a few working tanks. UK has 70000 troops and 200 Challenger tanks 😅 The rest of Europe are nothing😅
@@StPiter111 we shall see when war factories will turn on . Let me remind you how powerful germanies war machine is and now SWEDEN is an ally of nato. i think u need a braincell or 2
@@StPiter111 ummm hello Italy, France, Spain, Poland, etc? Combined Europe has an army of around 2 million.
Germany does not want to be aggressive. Supportive, with aid and financial support, and some older 2A5 tanks which are great tanks, but still Germany can say it wasn't leading the charge against Russia. Germany wants to seem less threatening to Russia.
makes sense when you think about it
"okay, are we SURE we're on the right side of the war this time?"
Spot on. Really good commentary Illia!
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This man is spot on
14 thousand armored vehicles lost, over 7 thousand tanks lost, almost 12 thousand artillery lost... Even if some of those were salvaged or repaired, Those numbers are absolutely bonkers.
Do tell, where did you get those figures.
@@cplcabs Those are the estimates from the Ukrainian gov, In reality it's likely somewhat lower, we won't know for sure until after the war, if ever. Between their estimates and Russia's, Ukraine's seems more accurate when compared to reports from Ukrainian and Russian soldiers on the ground as well as some independent investigation via satellite imaging of Russian storage bases and such, many of which have emptied out quite a lot
@@saphironkindris
,,Likely somewhat lower"😂😂😂😂😂🤡💩
@@danielmlinar4892 Yeah, like, maybe 10% lower if I had to take a gut feeling guess.
Meanwhile, Russia claims that they've destroyed the entire Ukrainian armed forces to the man like 6x over xD
@@saphironkindris
10%😂😂😂😂
It is ridiculous amount of copius brainwash to believe the nonsense numbers Zelensky is talking about.
Sure buddy only Russians lie🤡
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ♥️
Ukraine Matters 🇺🇦 ❤❤
They posted this yesterday and again today...
The shells North Korea gave him are all duds
The exhaustion of stockpiles of soviet era weapons may be closer than expected. With open storage of 1950's and 1960's vintage hardware, the best running units went into service in late 2022 and early 2023. The restoration of rusty hulks may require more man-hours and be less reliable than new production. The problem with new production is not chassis or tracks, but the sophisticated electronics required for modern warfare. Russia is adapt at creating prototypes in small samples, it is more challenged in producing high-volume production line vehicles with consistent quality care. To complicate the scenario even more, tank and artillery operators with extensive training and combat experience are more difficult to find. What good is a functioning tank with operators that were service industry employees or farmers in their past life? Lastly, combat vehicles run on fuel - diesel, gasoline, or kerosine. As refinery capacity is undermined by drone attacks, the fuel needed to engage the Ukrainians may not be available in sufficient quantity for a sustained offensive.
Russians running out of fuel ... common mate, just get a dump hike 😀😀😀
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@StPiter111 No reply just a nervous laugh lol getting worried are you?
@@richay1 did you really think that anybody would read your bible alike texts? Here? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Every accusation is a confession don’t you think. Smacks of desperation.
Talking BS
So let's be careful and not count Russia out just yet.
I'll count them out. There is no way that Russia will be able to peacefully occupy territory in another country, if they can occupy any of it at all. Ukraine is getting too much military and economic support for Russia to be successful. And the support will not be ending.
They employ warlords like in Chechnya @@QuietRefl4378
Great interview
Things are going to be very interesting in a couple of month.
"and his Invasion of Ukraine" How come no one proof reads before posting!
Yes! Extremely odd.
Putin have a pronounce you mean? Is he one of the alphabet people?
@@doncarlodivargas5497 😅 Good one!
Proofreading is a lost art these days.
@@CountScarlioni A glaring typo like this cuts sharply into the eyes so it's almost as if someone used a speech-to-text app to create the title without ever looking at it.
Does Baghdad Bob work here?
They still have thousands of "obsolete" tanks and BMPs to waste and are producing 115 new tanks a month. 12 times 115 = 1338 new tanks that will need to be destroyed over the next year. This could slow their attrition rate so that they can continue to wage war for 2-3 years.
The only thing that would change this is if the USA sends 1,000 Bradleys, which we could easily do as they are set to be retired anyway.
The Americans complain that this is costing them money. They are wrong. This war meant many billions and even trillions would be invested by NATO countries and others in the American Arms Industry.
It is their long delay that will cost them money. Because now the other NATO countries will rather invest in their own arms industry than in the US.
yeah, a lot of people don't really understand benefits that aren't direct and clear cut
Times Radio you have been saying for the past two years that Russia has been running out weapons.
And Russia has been saying for 2 1/2 years that Ukraine has been defeated.
@TrySomeFentanyl
And Ukraine has been saying for 2 1/2 years that they are winning.
Ah yes but apparently Russia has major stocks of shiny new shovels
Putin died in May 2022. 😂😂
@@djordjelezajic8435and you are nothing but a coping 💤 teenager 😂
They have been loe on weapons for 2 years now and captured orochyne
Eff Putin, Eff Russia and let's get the water levels higher and the sanctions higher still 😊
We can all support Ukraine. For example, by donating to United24 which funds drone programmes.
Where are the F16s? What is taking so long?
Really good interview
It's not the situation that determines American policy, it's the Russian operatives elected to powerful positions in the Republican party.
BS.....it's the Dems trying to steal elections by not securing the border.
🤡
So maybe you can explain why Obama watched Russia take Crimea in 2014?
Is Obama a Republican? Or are you a nitwit?
Stupidly
Their is literally no source to this whatsoever
Thats why he’s bought factory robiots and buying weapon components from china & has built more factories and churning out more artillery shells, more missiles , built more su-34 jets and Fighting Vehicles.
JUST RUNNING OUT OF LUCK.. rushing out of it
What? Not enough shovels?
Speaking as a U.S. Citizen, I think the general answer is that people may disagree and they have to work out compromises. It ended up working out, but some need more convincing then others, and it ended up taking a really long time. Look at our budgets each year. They don't pass long term bills but do emergency last minute extensions that push the crisis off by a few months. There are many reasons for things like this, but the consensus would be something like: It's an election year. That means that depending on how things go, different bills might have better chances depending on who has control. Thus, in an election year, typically, big bills don't really get passed much.
Typical, kick the can down the road and let the next guy deal with it. They seem to have little conviction about important things. It seems to always be about the next election, no long term thinking and strategy unless they feel they have political cover. Just doesn't seem to work, like when Jesse Helms & Ted Kennedy (who were mortal enemies) but voted what they thought were the values of their constituency. They believed the votes would take care of themselves if they did their jobs. Neither one of them cared if the senate voted 99-1 against them.
If you listen to Scot Ritton Russia will not lose
The uk have stepped up!
What stepping up can a country with a tattered health system can do ?
@@johnadam2885 Get rid of the NHS, or maybe confiscate all Russian oligarch assets?
That would upset Putin's mates !
You guys r so good everyday z is weaken
Thought it ran out first 3 months 😅😅😅😅😅😅
The 3 day special operation goes according to plan.
Not again.............................
haven't you been saying this for two years now?
This is easily the worst channel covering the war in Ukraine. It's nonsense after nonsense.
Bot
@@user-ym9qw3gg3j you mean, your self? 😃
@@user-ym9qw3gg3j better than being a bonehead like you
The comments below are much more coherent than the individual being questioned.
What were learnings from failed summer offensive ? That Russian size is insurmountable and Ukraine needs to focus on making peace ?
We have been hearing this from the shovels ammo missiles still the battles are still going on you under estimate the Russian military industrial complex
What about his fighter production now outpacing loses , his tank production ramp up, his manpower superiority, his double digit increase in defense spending, his import of Chinese, North Korean and Iranian weapons and all those countries helping Putin avoid sanctions??
The Russian military jets and tanks have proven to be so horrible that nations that used to buy Russian arms have opted to buy American or European arms, and even canceled orders. China doesn’t export much arms to Russia. They aren’t to found of the invasion since giving it an okay would mean that they are saying “USA… Taiwan is there for you to take”. And China may sell some Chinese stuff to Russia if they get payed in ¥. But not the western stuff Russia needs and Russians want. North Korea and Iran are sanctioned themselves. They can’t help Russia avoid sanctions.
Also not to mention, his engineers had improvised many old weapons for example turning old Soviet bombs to become glide bombs...
His economy the size of Italy's...
@@w.reidripley1968propped up by an economy the size of China’s. And he’s selling oil to India. He’ll be fine to fight this war for a decade if he needs to.
what about western arms production ramping up? Russia has already reached its peak, in 2025, the west will outproduce russia without even being in war economy or having to seize factories like Russia...
I think they might have factories that produce what they need. Sounds like Ukrainian bs.
I don't understand how a country can be at 'war' for 8 years but not do a damned thing about it!!!
Spare me "How can the eUS leave us in the lurch?' as if your poor planning is our fault!!!
Fork off!
Do you apply the same logic to Israel? How long have they been at WAR??? More like 80-years and with our MONEY
I too am beyond proud of the heroes...and thankful to God for the decision in Washington.
We can all support Ukraine. For example, by donating to United24 which funds drone programmes.
You are thankful to God that your government is funding a nation that has banned an entire Christian denomination, uses it's military to raid churches and arrest and abuse priests? I'm pretty sure God doesn't support this.
Russia has lost 7,000+ tanks, 14,000 armoured vehicles and approaching 12,000 artillery pieces. It's been losing artillery at an average of 1,000 per month consistently for the past few months. In recent weeks we've been seeing fewer tanks. We're also seeing Russia use far more older towed artillery units (versus self propelled). The signs that they are digging deep into their stockpile and there are good arguments for thinking that exhaustion will occur in the coming months, perhaps late summer.
Who told you this? The people who told you Ukraine only lost 31,000 men?
@@cplcabs If you're going to be a russ sympathiser then fly the hammer and sickle not our Union Flag.
@@robert100xx7000+? 😂
More likely 2900. Which is prooved by pictures.Including older tanks as an SPG. Hard cope tho.
Russia has nukes and they can always use it. Putard might just go crazy and use it
don't worry, the Russians spend only what is necessary, they don't need more. They save that right for you smart people
This was supposed to last 3 days to a week not 2 years. The Russians wasn’t prepared for all this. And there some big losses
What the title?
Here we go again that Russia is low on stock , didnt bell and Clarke say that for months from March 2022 ? They still using there own missiles
Ummm that’s because TR is 100% propaganda. Don’t tell me you haven’t noticed by now?
@@braxxian You get a bonus potato and a bowl of cabbage soup. One post toward the troll farm quota.
@@jim2376😂😂😂😂
So anyone who doesn’t agree with you is a troll?. The argument of those who don’t have an argument.
@@braxxian yeah daily sport has more facts than times radio
Pootin has waited ruzzia's soviet heritage, which should have been preserved for defence instead of being wasted on invading it's friendly neighbour. Not only that, but pootin has destined his people to a life of misery under long term sanctions. He'll be remembered for sure...
China is already openly talking about their new port facility in Haishenwai. When you owe them money they basically buy your country out from under you.
If anything this conflict showed me, the best weapons are: the ones that you can mass produce and afford to lose.
The good thing about the World War 2, T-34 (Russia) and Sherman (US) was: none cares, how many would be lost in battle. As opposed to a Tiger (Germany).
All of these high sophisticated weapons can only be deployed in battle, because the conflict is being fought in Ukrainian soil, not in Russia and NATO countries.
Once the infrastructure that produces the weapon, is destroyed so it's the weapon production and some requires several factories, to produce different components.
What I mean is: weapons have become too complicated and expensive.
For example:
- How many T-34s could you build, for the price of one T-90 ?
- How many Shermans could you build, for the price of one M-1 Abrahams ?
- How many IL-2 Sturmoviks could you build for the price of one Sukhoi SU-34?
- How many P-51 Mustangs could you build, for the price of one F-16 ?
Now even more ridiculous: how much bullets, each soldier wastes, with their automatic rifles, when compared to the bolt action rifles, used in WW2 ?
It's no wonder, we never see waves of Tanks or swarms of planes, like in WW2.
It's too expensive to build an army these days.
There's simple, not enough weapons for everyone and I guess, that's a good thing.
Hopefully wars will become too expensive to be fought in the future and people will resort to negotiations, before letting the guns talk.
If anything Ukrainie conflict proves, that. They are fighting the biggest country in the world and they are bejng supplied by NATO. All I can see is: not enough weapons, for both sides.
There's alway a cheaper solution: nuclear weapons.
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein
Have the Ukrainians been acess to the Pump Rat? From what I understand it's a sub sonic flying tube that fires 9mm rounds from an array of chambers all the way around targeting heat signatures?
They all ready using shovels lol
I see the Ukrainian shovels pushed out the Russo-Nazis retook another settlement on the Dnipro left bank.
There must be some problem with translation because Russians call all their weapons shovels for some reason
I thought Russia was supposed to be good at this stuff lol...
what stuff?
Nah that was the Soviet Union not the Russian Federation of Fascists. Fun fact the toughest men in Stalins red army were the Ukrainians.
@@Dark_Bandonyes history will back you up glory Ukraine
We’ve heard this before 🤔
Russia is producing about 250,000 artillery munitions per month!
Could... should... might... But it won't.
Only a peace deal can.
Russia is running out of ammo and material?? Wow, havet heard that before
Source: Trust me bro...
America is always late to the fight. I wish we weren't, but its a historical consistency.
When did they stop using "shovels?"
People keep saying for 2 years they are running out of ammunition, their production is more than enough
Russia has been running out of ammunition since the beginning of the Special Operation. 😂
Let’s us know how life is going during your development during Putin SMO, you probably won’t survive the SMO!
One comment: T-55
If you look at the quality of the gear they throw at the ukrainians, there is a significant degradation an the front. But yes, the amount of troops and vehicles seems endless. But when the depots are empty, what will they throw with, screws? They try golfcarts and quads. What else should they ride afterwards? Elephants? But it's a well kept secret, how full the depots really art. I guess they don't know themselves.
Russia is now using 1950's surplus junk......and will run out of that in a couple of years.
We have to take care as Russian military have supplies coming from china in the form of machine tools and machinery that can be use to make weapons. China also provides all sorts of drones and drone parts. They have been sending ATV's and other equipment, and they are getting away with it because nobody wants to take on china in a trade war or embargoes, North Korea is sending all sorts of munitions and howitzers to Russia. There are others buying oil from Russia at discounted prices.
The key thing both of them said. It shouldn’t be just be about America providing aid. All of Europe really needs to step up their aid and their own defense procurement. The old ways of Europe cutting its defense spending needs to be reversed and actions need to be taken to make up die Europe’s decades long lack of spending. The message needs to be sent to not only Russia but the counties that are aiding Putin that Europe not just America will not tolerate these actions by anyone in the future.
I hate to say that, but this has been said for years now, so I doubt it.
What was said is the missile stockpiles specificly.
And those are already low, they only do massive missile strikes once in a while when they produced enough new one, and those are supported with bunch of iranian drones and old soviet bombs with cheap wings on them.
You know it's not work as you imagine it, that one day they out of ammo and the war ends.
You can't even tell when the Ukrainians say they out of ammo if it's realy mean empty stockpiles, or they just don't want to use a massive stockpile prepared for a counterattack.
In this war, Russia bleeds out slowly and painfully.
That's the point! After years of attrition ones endless supply is no longer endless. P.S You don't need the 'that' in your sentence, it makes it incorrect.
@@amurry5042 P.S. Attrition applies to both sides
@@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe 1) They did say missiles specifically, back in late 2022 they said they were nearly out yet that has been far from the case, every week if not month we hear another wave of missiles and drones going all across Ukraine, from Kyiv to Odessa to Lviv. 2) Fabs since being upgraded to be guided with "cheap wings" have been the second most war changing after the use of Ukrainian FPV drones from the beginning in my opinion and it would be hard to find anything else which has had an impact on the front. In the past half-year, since said upgrade, they are used significantly more and the rate which ground is being taken as well has risen relative to previous months and years. Fabs cost very little to make, relatively accurate, not worth using Air-defense on and can be used upward to dozens of times a day in a single area, let alone across the frontline. 3) I can agree Russia is bleeding and slowly at that, keep in mind they also have nearly shifted to a "war time economy" we hear from the news, where production of certain equipment ex/ (Artillery shells) is higher than that of the west. They replenish and learn. you should never underestimate your enemy regardless of who they are!
I said all through May & June & July & August & September & October that winter would come again this year. It still hasn't come; I've lost hope that it ever will...😢😢😢
Dangerous talk. It lulls people into thinking that we might not need to start manufacturing and stockpiling ammunition and other military equipment. We must get into mindset that russia has stockpiles for decades and start manufacturing to counter that.
They've been doing just that since the very beginning
The West deliberately our manufacturing capabilities to increase profit margins by moving it overseas. The time needed, if the ability still existed, would be decades. Sorry, the financialization of the West's economy, at the cost of true productivity, has assured its own defeat.
Russia has been running out of war supplies since Mar 2022. Every prior statement turned out to be overly optimistic.
Dwindling? We have heard this lie before.
As much as I wish this is true... we have heard for the last 2 years that they will run out of weapons and ammunition. I believe it when I see it.
The statements I heard were that Russia was burning through its tanks, etc. far faster than they could produce them. I don't think anyone expected them to have tanks from WWII in storage.
The most important but belated aspect of the conflict are the sanctions. They are the most cost-effective but require time. Multiple years, with much reduced growth relative the west which makes Russia poorer year over year. After 5 years Russia will be so weak they may not even be able to function. But can Ukraine hold on until 2028? I doubt it.
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ♥️
Alien Putin caught into the American net 😂
Hmm, a net that is causing the US to suffer high energy prices etc? I don't think this is a US net, otherwise they would be putting more into it. Stop kidding yourself
dwindling stocks? Isn't Russia producing more Artillery rounds than US and EU together? Around 3mil vs EU and US's 1.2mil? plus the Huge amounts of drones and tanks they've been producing aswell.
Doubtful
And?
A comforting concept if "the end of the world" will turn out to be "the AND of the world" 😄
Since May last year we hear this story from Russia running out of weapons the day after tomorrow
Exactly right
Clearly Russia is running out of weapons. They now using Battle Mopeds. What's next? Pogo-Sticks.
Running out of Ships in the Black Sea.... repurposed to submarines !
More Sanctions !
Russia is running out of air, soon
Tragically Deluded
The losses seem to be just getting STARTED
"Russia running out of precision munitions in Ukraine war- Pentagon official" - Reuters [March 2022]
I trust The Times has a more reliable source 🤣
Let's not forget Moscow Marj.
Sorry democracies are complex - but we believe in you guys and we support you!
Is this headline from 2 years ago?
Vova started with tanks and BMP's but they burned.🔥
Next he used Chinese golf carts and they burned too.🔥Now Vova's meat waves are riding battle mopeds.
What's next Pogo-Sticks.😂😂😂
Ukrainians can't stop even Russian golf cars😅
@@StPiter111⬅Richard IVAN Saunders. Clearly they have stopped Vova's battle mopeds because it's year 3 of his failed 3 day Ukrainian adventure and he cannot even take the Donbas. HA. I win. You lose. Thanks for playing.
The big aid package, in addition to stabilizing the situation militarily, but it also sends Putin a message. His last hope is a Trump election victory in November. If Biden wins then Putin knows the best he can hope for is a bloody attritional stalemate that he will gradually lose.
How’s that then expert. The money will be rinsed back to the US MIC. Why? To replace stocks that’s already been sent for destruction.
@@stu281 Trump behaves as if he promised Putin Ukraine and the Baltic States. Which is why Putin together with Iran are working hard to get Trump elected.
Yep. I have already seen the Russian "bots" increasing activity here and all across social media for the last two months. Putin wants the easy way of another Trump presidency, and it will continue to show till election day
I expect Trump will disappoint them both sorely.
Then down they crash.
Running out of weapons.......and time.
Mir mir mir 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Wait ist russia gone Outlook of ammo like a year ago?
Now
I am afraid it’s Ukraine that is running out of munitions
yes only in your dreams
@@heros0264 Russia supposedly are building up for a Summer offensive Ukraine Thanks Trumpers have only now allowed supplies of much needed ammunition. I doubt it will arrive in time. By the way I am on Ukraines side but I am also a realist