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I saw some US official asked about the conflict saying some shit about there might be a disruption in Russia's war materiel production in 2025 or 2027 and all I could think about was how the fuck do they think Ukraine will still be engaged in the fight in 2025, much less 2027. Unless the US has a factory where they can produce Ukrainian soldiers, this shit is going to have to wind down soon
From what I understand a good chunk of the current “Ukrainian” forces are mercs and volunteers from places like Poland. Wouldn’t surprise me if their mentality is, we can just pay whomever to go fight there indefinitely, with the pretense of it being a Ukrainian army a pure fig leaf.
Mercs tend to want to have at least a semi-decent chance of living to spend their paychecks, so IDK how long this strat is going to workout.
Yeah most of the mercs who were sent to the frontlines and not put in “special forces” strike teams have long since bailed or died