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Trump snubs Zelensky’s offer to help US with drone tech and lashes out at him again (www.the-independent.com)
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Donald Trump made clear that his personal grudge with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky hasn’t abated during a phone interview with NBC News.

Speaking with Meet the Press anchor Kristen Welker on Saturday, the president knocked Zelensky for offering assistance to the U.S. and Middle Eastern countries, the latter of which the Ukrainian president said on Friday were seeking his aid in sharing drone detection technology.

The “last person we need help from is Zelensky,” Trump told Welker.

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[–] -2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You're probably the type of person to think the south was winning the civil war, until they didn't.

Russia's long term strategy ends in failure. Every week that Ukraine still exists, they are one step closer to losing.

Russia's equipment is finite, Ukraine's is not.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I'm with you until the last sentence. How is that true?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Supply lines and logistics.

    Ukraine's military equipment is a mix of NATO surplus gear (ample supplies of such gear in most NATO countries, or found on the global markets), homegrown drones/missiles (can be replaced), and various other equipment for sale in the western MIC.

    Russia's primary equipment is gear that was made in Russia or in former Eastern Bloc countries like Ukraine. Russia's equipment being finite comes from two things; they are burning through their vast Soviet surplus at a rate that is not sustainable, and their domestic and their domestic production of equipment cannot backfill those losses of the more modern equipment.

    A bunch of the lynchpin systems Russia relies on cannot even be manufactured anymore, so when radar systems are destroyed, the replacement of such equipment cannot be easily done.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    Where is China in your assessment?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    For now they're essentially off the table. They seem to be supplying equipment and components not actual military weapons systems like AAA or APVs or things like that.

    This absolutely can change in the future, but it's China's benefit to have a weaker Russia. So, they are making money but not directly helping Russia win. If that makes sense. At least that's what it looks like from my limited perspective.

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