yogthos

it's stiff competition

the most democratic country in europe

haha I got a plugin to bypass paywalls sometimes forget about them

it's honestly incredible to watch

Exactly, when Pokrovsk falls that's basically going to be the end of the battle for Donbas, especially given that Ugledar has already been taken which is the other major fortress. At that point Russia will also be able to threaten Dnepropetrovsk along with Zaporozhie. This would be a huge crisis for Ukraine.

welcome to the rules based world order

Exactly, the big problem the US has is that once it runs through the existing stockpiles of ammunition it can't produce new ones at the rate they're being consumed. For example, from 2008 to present, Lockheed Martin was able to produce 800 missiles, around 50 a year. https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2023/lockheed-martin-announces-delivery-of-800th-thaad-interceptor-missile-system

To counter the 180 missiles Iran reportedly launched, requiring up to 2 interceptors each, would have exhausted nearly HALF of all THAAD missiles ever produced. And that's assuming there are enough launchers to even fire that many interceptors at once. The US is completely unprepared for the scale of war it is provoking around the globe.

that's some good energy right there

But I was told that far right groups having political power in Ukraine is Ruzzian propaganda!

yup

It's really funny how they're trying to recycle the whole change messaging.

The really fun part here is that the US is rapidly burning through their existing stockpiles of ammunition, and they lack the industrial capacity to replenish it at the rate it's being used now. It seems that the US leadership is not aware of the problem.