The War in the Ukraine
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That doesn't seem to be the case at all. It appears a lot of the plan revolved around lots of wishful thinking like the Ukrainian collapse, the split in NATO/EU, and their own operational capabilities. Comes down to corruption and incompetence again tbh.
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A video began to circulate showing a Ukrainian flag on a hoist on the east bank of the Dnieper, just opposite Kherson. It is not known if this is an isolated act by a local resident or if in fact there are already Ukrainian troops on a bridgehead on the opposite bank of the river.
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There's no reason to use Nigerians or Bengalis when they have Poles, Georgians and other eastern Euros. They all will work for the same price. In fact it'll probably be cheaper as Nigeria and Bangladesh will have better economies than eastern Europe once the EU implodes.
I don't know why you're talking about it as a hypothetical, it's what they are doing right now. The production line has existed in Ukraine since 2014, and now has opened up to citizens of other countries.
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Russia got overconfident after Crimean annexation in 2014. Ukraine gave up Crimea without firing a single bullet, and G7 offered only symbolic sanctions after Crimean annexation referendums. It was too easy!! so for DPR/LNR annexations, they didn't even plan for mobilization because the SMO should be over before 6 months contracts expired. They went in thinking Ukraine would sue for peace sooner or later...still hoping for a negotiated settlement.
Bollocks. Russia created the Mir debit and credit card to replace Visa and Mastercard. They developed SPFS for money transfers between banks to replace SWIFT. Russia put counter sanctions against the EU so they would stop importing food from the EU. Russia used to be a net food importer who imported from the EU chicken, pork, milk, butter, cheese, fruit, vegetables, sugar, etc. Afterwards the Russian government spent huge amounts of government funds providing financial aid to replace all those imports. These included huge facilities to raise livestock, planting sugarbeet, grain elevators, etc. Russia also made funds available for all Russian companies to perform import substitution. Russia built the Power of Siberia gas pipeline to diversify gas sales to China. Russia massively increased their capacity for refining and processing oil into things like plastics. Russia funded the development of the Russified Superjet and MC-21, gas turbine engines for helicopters, trainer aircraft, ships, cruise missiles, etc.
Russia put into production their own replacements the VK-2500, Al-222, M90FR for turbine engines they used to buy from Ukraine. Yak-130 started deliveries again this year after a long dry spell of many years where no deliveries were made. The Admiral Golovko frigate started trials just like last week using Russian turbines. And all those cruise missiles could not have been produced if they were still putting Ukrainian turbine engines into them. They also replaced the Catherine Thermal Night sights they used to buy from France with their own Irbis-K. They made their own space grade electronics to replace Western imports and are now launching satellites again in large numbers.
And in tanks and armored vehicles you can see a huge difference. They built hundreds of BMD-4M IFVs at a rate of over a hundred a year. Hundreds of BMP-3 IFVs again over a hundred a year. They upgraded hundreds of T-72B tanks to B3 and B3M status. They upgraded like a thousand BTR-80s to BTR-82A standard. They replaced the Tochka with Iskander. They also produced enough Ratnik kit to equip all their standing army.
Russia put into production their own replacements the VK-2500, Al-222, M90FR for turbine engines they used to buy from Ukraine. Yak-130 started deliveries again this year after a long dry spell of many years where no deliveries were made. The Admiral Golovko frigate started trials just like last week using Russian turbines. And all those cruise missiles could not have been produced if they were still putting Ukrainian turbine engines into them. They also replaced the Catherine Thermal Night sights they used to buy from France with their own Irbis-K. They made their own space grade electronics to replace Western imports and are now launching satellites again in large numbers.
And in tanks and armored vehicles you can see a huge difference. They built hundreds of BMD-4M IFVs at a rate of over a hundred a year. Hundreds of BMP-3 IFVs again over a hundred a year. They upgraded hundreds of T-72B tanks to B3 and B3M status. They upgraded like a thousand BTR-80s to BTR-82A standard. They replaced the Tochka with Iskander. They also produced enough Ratnik kit to equip all their standing army.
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Sorry Russia will win the war
Former CIA adviser says what will remain of Ukraine's territory
The loss of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the problems with the delivery of Western weapons to Kyiv will lead to the fact that by the end of the conflict, the territory of Ukraine will be significantly reduced, wrote former CIA adviser James Rickards in an article for the Daily Reckoning.
"Ukraine will become a fragmented state, occupying the territory between Kyiv and Lvov," the article says.
According to the author of the article, the strength of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been drastically reduced due to the large number of casualties, and the weapons provided by the West will not be of any use, as Ukrainian soldiers are poorly trained and there are difficulties in the logistics of their transfer to the front line.
Former CIA adviser says what will remain of Ukraine's territory
The loss of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the problems with the delivery of Western weapons to Kyiv will lead to the fact that by the end of the conflict, the territory of Ukraine will be significantly reduced, wrote former CIA adviser James Rickards in an article for the Daily Reckoning.
"Ukraine will become a fragmented state, occupying the territory between Kyiv and Lvov," the article says.
According to the author of the article, the strength of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been drastically reduced due to the large number of casualties, and the weapons provided by the West will not be of any use, as Ukrainian soldiers are poorly trained and there are difficulties in the logistics of their transfer to the front line.