Looks like Vlad finally realized it will be weapons without end for Ukraine and they will be going to eager and skilled hands. The Pentagon is also trying to get old Soviet era munitions factories up and running in eastern Europe, for artillery munitions I would suppose. The flood gates have opened and Uncle Sam is back in business with the embassy in Kyiv, the secretaries of defense and state even came for a visit yesterday to make the point. Now it's becoming a manufacturing challenge, to make enough munitions and to gather stockpiles from allies. I think lend lease might work like the name implies this time, America will actually loan the Ukrainians some equipment for a year and then get it back. Things like bridging equipment to cross rivers and things like that, much of it stored in Europe.
Once the Russians exhaust themselves and are worn down by repeated failed attacks in the east. The Ukrainians will counterattack and I suspect if they put enough heat on that, the Russians might collapse and it will be a rout to the border in the east. They could also be looking to cut off and isolate the Russians north of the Dnieper river in the south and recently made some attacks there.
Vlad must know at this point the plan is to destroy as much as he wants to throw in and so far he has most of his army committed there. Troops can be replaced in a year or two, his tanks and equipment cannot and anything with electronics in it like drones, communication equipment and precision munitions is out of his reach with sanctions. Once his army is spent it will be weaker for the next war, as other people under Russia's domination rise up. Any future army he does raise will be largely infantry and would be devastated by modern arms. More importantly they need to change the very structure of their army, but I doubt they can do this for several reasons.
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Russia's ambassador to the U.S. condemned the $800 million arms package to Ukraine, saying "this is a huge figure."
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