Denmark gets it. I wish a few other nations hadn't taken this track earlier on. The front line is literally Ukraine and Poland. Push in all your chips if you are Spain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Slovakia.... If the stuff isn't used there, it's going to be too late to use it at home.
That's a pretty beta move, Vlad. And, it isn't because he fears Ukraine. They aren't going to hit that deep into Russia. He's traveling that way because he thinks he's a marked man at home.
You know how to tell a Russian is lying-they are still breathing.
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Who needs an offensive when you can sit back and kill 40k Russians in 50 days playing defense while waiting for the good stuff to arrive.Would be a pretty good explanation on why the anticipated Ukrainian winter offensive never materialized.
Ukraine updates: NATO warns of donor ammunition shortages – DW – 02/13/2023
NATO's Jens Stoltenberg said Ukraine was using ammunition faster than NATO members could produce it. Meanwhile, Moscow and Kyiv both report heavy fighting around Bakhmut. Follow DW for the latest.
I think the point is it's coming at a cost for the Ukrainians. We just don't have a clear picture of what that cost is...a grind it out stalemate isn't a great scenario.
Can you imagine prior to February 2022, telling someone that Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine with the entire might of its military behind it, would be stalemated at a Ukrainian town of 73,000 people for nearly a calendar year!?
Good news for the regional economy here!
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