• CJOtheReal@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Europe already send way waaay more. Also of higher quality and up to modern standards, not up to the standards of the 50s…

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      1 year ago

      The issue is that Soviet era crap can run dirty ammo. The west is in a real fight, trying to keep up. Once the industry spins up, it’ll be fine, but it takes time, which will cost Ukraine. The Russians, meanwhile, have essentially unlimited manpower. We didn’t do enough, to start with, and now it’ll be impossible, if the wrong people get into power during the elections. We’ve failed Ukraine.

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          Not sure, but Russia has already begun the process of turning factories, and reportedly even bakeries, into munitions producing facilities. Both sides are gearing up for a long war, and that, I think, is more beneficial for Russia. The west’s attention is already being dragged to the middle east, the manpower is heavily in Russia’s favor, and again… The next election could stop aid to Ukraine in a flash. It’s unreal, how hard we dropped the ball.