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The Economist: Russias biggest problem appears to be logistics. A Western official says that Russia has particular problems with engineering units. Ukraine has blown up many bridges, and Russia has been unable to get bridging units through congested roads. Russian tanks and other vehicles lie abandoned on the roadside, either broken-down or out of fuel, suggesting supply lines are overstretched, and support units are unable to keep up. Marooned units are prime targets for ambushes. Ukrainian forces have no shortage of arms with which to strike themin recent days, Denmark, Luxembourg and Finland became the latest European countries to say they would supply thousands of anti-tank missiles.
Nor has Russia secured the skies. Western officials thought that Russian missiles would wipe out Ukraines air defencesa network of radars and surface-to-air missilesin the first hours of a war. In fact, the strikes were lighter than expected, possibly to conserve low stocks of precision munitions.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/02/28/the-woes-of-the-russian-war-machine-are-big-and-real-are-they-also-temporary
Irish_Dem
(47,111 posts)There has to be something like the FDR lend/lease program.
Celerity
(43,390 posts)WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden instructed the U.S. State Department to release up to an additional $350 million worth of weapons from U.S. stocks to Ukraine on Friday as it struggles to repulse a Russian invasion.
In a memorandum to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Biden directed that $350 million allocated through the Foreign Assistance Act be designated for Ukraine's defense.
Ukraine has been asking for Javelin anti-tank weapons and Stinger missiles to shoot down aircraft. On Saturday, Blinken said in a statement that this third authorization for weapons shipments to Ukraine was "unprecedented."
The Pentagon said the weapons included anti-armor, small arms, body armor and various munitions in support of Ukraine's front-line defenders. In addition, a State Department spokesperson said the materiel included anti-aircraft systems.
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Irish_Dem
(47,111 posts)Celerity
(43,390 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,603 posts)Celerity
(43,390 posts)lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)They will piss their pants.