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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by jajko on Friday February 28, 2025 @05:23PM (#43212442)
Ukraine needs more manpower primarily, they keep saying it for a long time this is a critical issue, they have relatively enough equipment for waging war. At the end equipment can't solve it all, enough boots on the ground is what conquers or defends territories.
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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by margorczynski on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:06PM (#43212970)
I guess it shows how critical is technology that keeps the human away from harms reach. Drones are a great example of that, especially how costly/hard it is to train a jet pilot.

With (almost) fully autonomous weapons and systems it comes down to simply who has the better economy and production lines.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by actionfromafar on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:07PM (#43212980)
Says who?

They don't even have enough 155 shells, long range drones, body armour, training facilities, fighter jets, bombers, cruise missiles, tanks, howitsers. The list goes on and on. It's exactly the opposite of what you are claiming.

They had to develop their own long range drones instead of getting off-the-shelf stuff. Germany blocked Taurus, Tomahawks were a no-go.

(The US gave 31 M1 tanks! That's pitiful...)

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by hollerith on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:09PM (#43213005)
Says Michael Kofman.
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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by CapricornNoble on Friday February 28, 2025 @09:04PM (#43214812)
>Says who?

Says Ukrainian soldiers, reported by Western and Ukrainian media outlets.

https://archive.is/Pzxl2 (Economist, Feb2025)

https://english.nv.ua/nation/generalsyrskyi-says-he-banned-t... (NV Ukraine, Jan 2025) However, certain categories of Air Force personnel, after preliminary training in training centers, are reinforcing the Ground Forces and Air Assault Forces due to a shortage of personnel on the front.

https://archive.is/YGR00 (WSJ, Oct2024)

https://archive.is/WKqxz (Financial Times, Oct2024 but updated) The commanders estimated that 50 to 70 per cent of new infantry troops were killed or wounded within days of starting their first rotation.

So if they don't have manpower OR enough weapons, maybe when their head of state comes to ask for support from their biggest benefactor, he should, I dunno....not piss off his host? Wouldn't that help him get what he wants?

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