KHD wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:19 am
A couple of reports this morning which back up Brian Berletic's analysis on the military supply end of things, which he already provided backup himself, these stories are getting more common over the last few days ->
Warehouses of military equipment of NATO countries are empty due to assistance to Ukraine - Polish Ambassador to NATO Tomasz Szatkowski on FM radio station RMF
US Department of Defense spokesman: "The Pentagon is very concerned that Ukrainians are firing at an exorbitant rate, especially in places like Bakhmut, based on the false assumption that ammunition supplies in the West are unlimited."
The price of fighting and helping Kiev will only increase. In addition, there are fears that if the "Ukrainian crisis" continues for a long time, the problems of the American "defense industry" will be revealed. —Bloomberg.
This to me means Nato / the US and the EU are in over their heads and underestimated Russia's military capabilities and resolve in seeing this through. The sanctions have failed and instead of Russia going down the tubes ecomically, they are weathering the storm. The EU on the other hand, is going into recession and companies are moving to the US as what German government officials were giving out about during the week as reported by Politico, saying America is taking advantage of the sanctions at the expense of their so called allies.
We have Von Derr Crazy pushing for a price cap on Russian oil, with Poland and Estonia blocking it as they are not happy with the price of 60 to 70 dollars a barrel and want it reduced to 30 dollars. Hadley Gamble, the former US secretary of the treasury described this proposal as "not only not feasible, I think it's the most ridiculous idea I've ever heard." So Russia will not sell directly with any country that agrees to this but the EU will instead purchase it for a premium price off third countries. Crazy stuff.
On the battlefield ( not social media now ) Ukrainians are getting hammered, the latest example can be seen from reports yesterday of the images of the hospitals overrun with wounded near Bakhmut. Interviews were giving by medical staff in these hospitals and they can't cope with the number of wounded. You can watch as many Ukrop propaganda videos showing video game doctored war scenes, UK intelligence reports, Bellingcat, Kiev independent propoganda stories or videos stolen from the Russian military channels relabed Ukrainian, but the real war on the ground is much different.
Russia is now building up and preparing for a large offensive in Ukraine, with massive supplies of military hardware and manpower, all Nato can do is scramble together insufficient and ineffective weapons systems and supplies and all the EU can do is pump billions, which they will never get back, and cobble together their 9th round of sanctions which Russia will just laugh at but will inevitably lead to a quickening of the recession of Europe which we are seeing now in Germany and the UK.
This is going to be a complete catastrophe, not only for Ukraine as a country but also for the EU. Eventually the West will walk away from Ukraine when they can no longer keep up the current facade due to monetary and the realisation that they cannot win a war with Russia.