Especially given how dire the results are likely to be...beyond Ukraine.
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Especially given how dire the results are likely to be...beyond Ukraine.It pains me that we are failing Ukraine.
Nor to restore time lost to dithering.There is no magic wand to wave, that will instantly move munitions from NATO stockpiles to Ukraine's front lines.
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"Dithering" is an interesting way of putting it.Nor to restore time lost to dithering.
Yeah, I kinda' forgot the first weeks. I thought Ukraine was a goner myself. I didn't even know "where inside Russia the Ukraine was"."Dithering" is an interesting way of putting it.
In the opening days of the war, the NATO countries offered Zelensky rides to safety, not military aid.
The initial impression was that Ukraine would be steamrolled in a matter of weeks, if not days. Almost two years later, Ukraine has thwarted every attempt by Russia, which was assumed to be an impossible feat at the start.
The problem with all the nations "dithering" with their aid, ranges from fear of making Russia angry, to trying to figure out how much can be given without depleting stocks below self defense capability.
None of the nations are on a wartime footing, so stock drawdown needs parity in replenishment.
Trying to boost or restart munition production doesn't come at the snap of the fingers. Proposals, bids, manpower hiring, bringing old tooling out of storage (for suspended production), and so on and so on contributes greatly to the "dithering".
In the case of surplus equipment, there is a long list of steps that need to be taken before the vehicles (tanks, AFVs, launchers, artillery, etc.) even get loaded aboard a ship.
There would have been no point arming Ukraine if they were just going to roll over and give up.Yeah, I kinda' forgot the first weeks. I thought Ukraine was a goner myself. I didn't even know "where inside Russia the Ukraine was".
Never mind. Nothing to see here. Carry on.
Too bad the Turks scrapped Yavûz Sultân Selîm. Ukraine could have taken it over.
What's smokier, a Turkish battlecruiser or a Russian aircraft carrier?
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And given that in 2014 Ukraine abandoned Crimea without any resistance and in many cases in collaboration with Russia, the West could not be certain that Ukraine in 2022 would have behaved differently.There would have been no point arming Ukraine if they were just going to roll over and give up.
That looks like it's already been hit.Wrong angle. I doubt the Turkish batlecruiser can be seen from space.
Giant column of smoke from the engines of the Russian Navy's aircraft carrier 'Admiral Kuznetsov'
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Smoke from Russian aircraft carrier 'Admiral Kuznetsov' seen from space as it entered the Gulf of Bothia in 2019
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Wrong angle. I doubt the Turkish batlecruiser can be seen from space.
Giant column of smoke from the engines of the Russian Navy's aircraft carrier 'Admiral Kuznetsov'
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Smoke from Russian aircraft carrier 'Admiral Kuznetsov' seen from space as it entered the Gulf of Bothia in 2019
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