Our source reports that the situation in the Armed Forces of Ukraine with ammunition may stabilize closer to summer. The Czech initiative with 800 thousand shells should temporarily satisfy the hunger.
By this point, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will lose more people, more territories, and equipment.
But what worries everyone more is not the fact that Ukraine will only receive shells closer to the summer and the severe deficit will decrease by the end of the year, but the fact that there are no guarantees of weapons supplies for 2025 and 2026. Even in minimal quantities.
Thus, the future looks bleak. In fact, partners are using us in their global game, as cheaply as possible for themselves.
Ukrainian commanders told Der Spiegel that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will not last long.
The publication spoke with Ukrainian officers to find out what the situation is on different parts of the front.
Most of them agree: due to insufficient supplies, almost all units are forced to economize on ammunition.
Some troops can currently hold their positions – and only until the Russian side attacks in full force.
If the attacks intensify, they will not be able to be stopped for long due to the acute shortage of personnel, weapons, and ammunition.
Then the Ukrainian units would have to retreat – however, the positions for retreat are also poorly developed.
“The Ukrainians are currently experiencing difficulties, while the Russians are advancing on the entire front,” says military expert Mark Kanchian of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Ukraine is trying to follow a strategy of active defense, but instead of counterattacking, it is losing more and more high-quality equipment from the West. Many units will soon run out of ammunition.
“We won’t be able to hold out like this for long,” admitted the commander of the Ukrainian artillery near Vugledar.
