Features and trends of foreign military-technical assistance to Ukraine

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Features and trends of foreign military-technical assistance to Ukraine

Czech Party weapons for transfer to Ukraine. Photo of the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic

Over the past few months, many foreign countries have been actively supporting Ukraine with the supply of various weapons and equipment. Infantry weapons, artillery, armored vehicles, auxiliary equipment, etc. are being transferred to the Kyiv regime. At the same time, a number of specific trends are observed. In addition, it becomes clear that the purpose of the supplies is not only to support the warring Ukraine.

Help with restrictions


Several dozen countries took part in the process of providing military-technical assistance to Ukraine. These are practically all states of Europe, the USA and their allies from remote regions. Military products for deliveries are taken from storage bases, from army warehouses or from combat units. Also, in rare cases, a new production is launched.



In the early stages, foreign aid to Ukraine mainly consisted of various infantry weapons. It was small arms, grenade launchers, ATGMs and MANPADS of current and obsolete models. Together with these products, a large amount of ammunition was supplied.

Since the end of February, the possibility of transferring armored vehicles of various types, cannon and rocket artillery systems, etc. has been discussed. However, such assistance ran into technical, organizational and political problems. On the whole, they managed to cope with them, thanks to which deliveries began tanks, armored personnel carriers and armored vehicles of old types.


Ukrainian fighter with an AT4 grenade launcher. Photo bmpd.livejournal.com

Since the beginning of May, Kyiv has received modern and old artillery of various types. The supply of more than a hundred 155-mm howitzers from the presence of the armies of the United States and other countries received the greatest attention. Also, the Ukrainian army received modern American MLRS HIMARS and old Czech RM-70s.

Despite all efforts and requests, Ukraine does not receive combat aircraft. In the field of manned aviation all assistance was reduced to a certain number of multi-purpose helicopters. At the same time, mass deliveries of UAVs are being carried out, including reconnaissance and strike vehicles and loitering ammunition.

In general, deliveries of foreign materiel have several characteristic features. Most foreign states limited themselves to the transfer of relatively simple and cheap items, such as infantry weapons. More powerful systems, such as tanks or artillery, come in limited numbers and only from selected countries. The situation is similar in the field of aviation. In addition, the transferred samples are often very old and often obsolete, while the share of modern products is small.

Friendship to exhaustion


Continued arms deliveries generally do not help Ukraine, but at the same time harm donor countries. European leaders are already openly arguing that aid is being pushed to the limit. The expansion of the range of supplies in this case will become a threat to their own security.


The use of ATGM FGM-148. Photo bmpd.livejournal.com

Back in mid-April, the American press revealed the volume of arms supplies from the United States and the problems associated with them. At that time, Washington handed over to Kyiv approx. 60 thousand anti-tank systems and approx. 25 thousand MANPADS from the presence of our own army, which accounted for about a third of all accumulated stocks. If shipments continue, the US will have to expand production or restore closed lines to replenish its own stocks.

At the end of April, the German Ministry of Defense revealed even more interesting statistics on the state of its materiel. It was reported that the troops have approx. 350 modern Puma infantry fighting vehicles, but only 150 units are ready for full operation. Army aviation has fifty Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopters, but less than a dozen are combat-ready. Accordingly, Germany cannot supply Ukraine with all the desired products in large quantities.

Just the other day, similar information was revealed by the Polish leadership. Not so long ago, Poland sent more than 200 MBTs of old modifications and other materiel to Ukraine. They are going to compensate for such "losses" by receiving tanks from Germany.

Other countries that have volunteered to help Ukraine face similar problems. Most European states have small armies with a limited fleet of equipment and weapons. Any large-scale assistance from the presence will quickly deplete such an army and make it incapable of combat.


Polish T-72M tanks on the way. Photo Telegram / ChDambiev

The interim results of all these processes were recently summed up by the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell. He acknowledged the problem of depletion of weapons and equipment, and also called it a clear example of the shortcomings of European defense policy. The main reason for this situation was the constant reduction in defense budgets and the chronic underfunding of European armies.

Political issues


In the current situation, political issues are of particular importance. In particular, foreign states are trying to assess the consequences of the measures taken, draw conclusions and take them into account in further planning. In recent days, there have been several interesting messages on this subject.

Recently, the American press revealed the details of the delivery of the M142 HIMARS MLRS. This technique is transferred only with unguided rockets, but not with operational-tactical missiles. As it turned out, Washington fears that Kyiv will use such weapons against targets on Russian territory. This will have the most serious military and political consequences, and the United States does not need such risks.

The other day it was reported about the possible delivery of anti-ship missiles. According to media reports from the United States, several countries are ready to transfer such weapons at once. However, none of them wants to be the first supplier - because of the risks of an additional deterioration in relations with Russia as a result of the possible use of anti-ship missiles.


Czech MLRS RM-70 in Ukraine. Photo Telegram / ChDambiev

Another interesting message has arrived. According to media reports, NATO countries have tacitly agreed not to transfer tanks and aircraft to Ukraine. The supply of such equipment is also associated with military-political risks, and the NATO command does not want such a development of events.

Write off and replace


Sending arms and equipment to Ukraine obviously weakens donor armies. In this regard, they are planning and are already implementing re-equipment and rearmament programs aimed at maintaining and increasing combat capability. However, not everything is going smoothly in this area.

In mid-April, along with the news about the reduction of American arsenals, it became known about the plans of the Pentagon to increase the production of its ATGMs and MANPADS. Warehouses will be filled with weapons of the new production, solving the problems of quantity and resource. At the same time, it is known about possible problems in the line of resuming production.

The already mentioned Poland gave Ukraine approx. 200 old T-72M / M1 tanks - about a quarter of the total number of available MBTs. They have long been planned to be sent for recycling or sold, and American M1A2Cs were previously ordered for replacement. These tanks will only be available in a few years, but for now Warsaw wants Leopard 2 products from Germany. However, the German side is in no hurry to provide such equipment.


Another batch of American howitzers M777. Photo by the US Department of Defense

Recently, the United States passed the Lend-Lease Act, which provides for a number of measures to support friendly countries. In particular, the latter will be able to order American products on preferential terms to replace the materiel transferred to Ukraine. This mechanism will accelerate the rearmament of European partners with obvious benefits for American industry.

Main trends


In the current processes of foreign military-technical assistance to Ukraine, several interesting trends are easily visible. Together, they show that the goal of foreign states is not only to support the current Kyiv regime and its armed formations. In parallel, these countries are solving their own problems, alone or together.

By sending weapons and equipment to Ukraine, foreign states demonstrate loyalty to the "world community" and the notorious "democratic values". In addition, European states show their readiness to support the United States even in dubious actions and adventures.

Most donor countries, when planning supplies, take into account their own interests. In this regard, only obsolete materiel is being transferred to Ukraine, the “loss” of which will not have a negative impact on combat capability. In addition, political risks of various kinds are taken into account. All this affects the volume of supplies, their composition and timing.

Arms deliveries lead to the depletion of their own stocks - and to the release of space for new models. In this regard, the helper countries are “forced” to draw up plans to rearm their own armies and are preparing to increase military budgets. Weapons and equipment planned for purchase will differ from decommissioned ones in increased performance and general novelty, which will provide obvious advantages.


Sending Greek cargo. Photo by the Greek Ministry of Defense

Such plans are of obvious interest to the US defense industry and several European countries. The expected re-equipment of a number of armies promises them big profits, both from commercial contracts and from American lend-lease.

Your interests


Thus, the current situation around the supply of foreign weapons to Ukraine looks quite simple. Both individual episodes of such assistance, and all processes as a whole, are aimed not only at supporting the Kyiv regime, but also at solving their own problems of foreign states. Through the allocation and supply of weapons and equipment, they demonstrate the support of a friendly country, and also create pretexts for new rearmament and the accompanying development of military budgets.

However, practice has already shown that foreign materiel does little to help Ukraine. Quantitative and qualitative indicators of import supplies do not meet the requirements of the current situation, and the situation cannot be changed. However, Kyiv's problems do not prevent foreign "assistants" from solving their own problems. And from their point of view, this is the main thing.
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  1. +3
    29 May 2022 03: 09
    Your interests
    Thus, the current situation around the supply of foreign weapons to Ukraine looks quite simple.
    About their interEs, this is understandable ... many have them, but not everyone will succeed!
    "looks simple"??? which side to look at?
    The Westerners have created an enemy at our side and are now supplying it to inflict maximum losses on us.
    And now the questions ... what to do with the "Western" when we deal with the enemy? Is it necessary to do something with the "Western" in retaliation for all their vile deeds and encroachments?
    1. +7
      29 May 2022 10: 18
      Quote: rocket757
      Is it necessary to do something with the "Western" in retaliation for all their vile deeds and encroachments?

      With Western, and not only, it is only necessary to interact according to the laws of market relations, solely in our own interests, and we are all trying to be friends. The West themselves are friends with each other only against someone. Here Gas will cost $1000 for 1000 cubic meters on the market and you shouldn't sell them for 200. If you want to take it, no, no.
      1. +2
        29 May 2022 11: 12
        Quote: NIKNN
        With Western, and not only, you just need to interact according to the laws of market relations, exclusively in your own interests,

        Those. that everything would be logical and predictable, at least according to the rules / laws of market relations?
        I want to refer to the "professor who looks at the world", to Efstafiev, i.e. on some others ... from all Western countries, such relations could be maintained with a couple, three countries, and the rest are like that, THIS!!! where they said goodbye to logic and pragmatism completely or close to it!
        And even then, only if / when they start acting logically ... i.e. now, when the political elites of most countries have "launched the bit" and foolishly use a rod, not even against us, but across common sense !!! They go on about their own or someone else's wishes!
        In general, it is not yet visible with whom it is possible, at least, to trade for mutual benefit!
        And what to do right now?
        Just wait until common sense and pragmatism prevail there?
        As it is not reliable, in general.
        1. +2
          29 May 2022 11: 32
          Russia will "seriously think" before resuming relations with Western countries, even if they themselves offer to do so, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said

          Read more at RBC:
          https://www.rbc.ru/politics/24/05/2022/628bfb5b9a794704aa619a19
          1. +1
            29 May 2022 11: 56
            So listen to them Ursula, other different ones, you just want to fool
            We'll have to wait ... with that's what will change and when, is the question?
            1. +3
              29 May 2022 11: 58
              Quote: rocket757
              So listen to them Ursula, other different ones, you just want to

              Listen to gynecologists, do not respect yourself. smile
              1. +1
                29 May 2022 12: 59
                The question is not in the person, but in the position that the person occupies.
                Alas, in their world, the position is significant ... another thing is that their world is not so big and significant now, for the rest of the world ... they have lost their significance, thanks to just such individuals who have settled in high positions.
                Now we can see from the outside how deep and how long they fall into the hole they dug for others.
        2. 0
          29 May 2022 14: 13
          What to do - change the composition of the mid, in unfriendly, and other foreign trades.
          Tobacco apart.
          1. +1
            29 May 2022 14: 26
            A change in composition without a change in the political course of the leadership is about nothing.
            A change in the course of the political leadership ... and elections, they can not change much.
            Although, for small and large, the difference is big.
            In general, we’ll see, we don’t have many options at all ... I went about my business, the most important, significant, but outside ... in some places in a layer, but this is a long game, the results are not immediately and not so noticeable.
      2. +1
        29 May 2022 21: 28
        Quote: NIKNN
        Quote: rocket757
        Is it necessary to do something with the "Western" in retaliation for all their vile deeds and encroachments?

        With Western, and not only, it is only necessary to interact according to the laws of market relations, solely in our own interests, and we are all trying to be friends. The West themselves are friends with each other only against someone. Here Gas will cost $1000 for 1000 cubic meters on the market and you shouldn't sell them for 200. If you want to take it, no, no.

        Gas already costs 935 greenbacks today.
  2. +10
    29 May 2022 03: 24
    It was small arms, grenade launchers, ATGMs and MANPADS of current and obsolete models

    This author writes a lot of letters, words. But with the essence (with reason) he has problems.
    Maybe Kirill Ryabov will voice the "minor" losses of the MBT and aircraft of the RF Armed Forces from the "obsolete" ones?
    How many times I read his article (trying not to fall asleep from the monotonous repetition of paragraph in paragraph): how many characters for the fee?
    Quote: Ryabov Kirill
    Quantitative and qualitative indicators of import supplies do not meet the requirements of the current situation, and the situation cannot be changed.

    fool
    Send Kiril to the front line at last ... at least as a cook, or something
    1. +18
      29 May 2022 05: 19
      Does foreign materiel help Ukraine a little!? I will support the opinion of many members of the forum, the author to the front. Let him experience for himself the inefficiency of Western supplies.
      1. +9
        29 May 2022 09: 31
        The author in each of his articles repeats the same spells. It is easy to talk about the ineffectiveness of the "obsolete" weapons supplied by NATO to Ukraine while sitting on the couch.
    2. -7
      29 May 2022 06: 07
      Are there wars without losses? Or does Kuev at least somewhere have at least tactical successes, and even more strategic ones? All these deliveries have only one meaning - to play for time. Everything else they can not influence from the word at all.
      1. +1
        29 May 2022 11: 09
        There are no wars without losses, and sometimes a victory brings so many losses that it looks more like a defeat. War is a way of deception. And sometimes you yourself are deceived.

        For losses/wins:
        Voyage near Kyiv, the destruction of Syria, Chernobyl, the cruiser Moscow, etc., etc.
        1. +1
          29 May 2022 12: 05
          Not Syria (oh that AI). MRII.
    3. 0
      29 May 2022 06: 50
      Quote from TreeSmall
      Send Kiril to the front line at last ... at least as a cook, or something


      what about at the forefront? Yes, it is not the Western "miracle weapon" that works effectively on the part of Ukraine, but Soviet weapons (tanks, Tochka U, Buki and Torah, S-300, even rare S-125 in the Odessa region).
      1. +2
        29 May 2022 08: 57
        Quote: lopvlad
        even rare S-125s in the Odessa region).

        What are you doing ?! belay Once I heard that the Armed Forces of Ukraine transferred S-125s to storage bases; that is, they did not use them ... Yes, in Krajina they were engaged in the modernization of these air defense systems, they created their own "analogue" of the S-125M "Pechora-2", they also modernized the missiles! But, exclusively, with the aim of "sharing off" them "abroad": such as to South America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East! Really, have they reached the S-125 now? What's the info on the application?
        1. 0
          29 May 2022 20: 22
          But, exclusively, with the aim of "sharing off" them "abroad": such as to South America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East!

          This is not true. Not at all
          And the ARGSN, created for the 5V27D-M2 SAM by the Radioniks company, is perfectly used in the R-360 (Neptune PKK)
          1. 0
            30 May 2022 01: 31
            GOS for 5V27D-M1 / 2 missiles were developed by order of the "foreign customer" and at his expense! The first tests of the upgraded missiles were again carried out on the territory of the "foreign customer" in 2017 ... In 2019, there were reports of a failure to fulfill the order for the "foreign customer"! A "typical" story, if you remember the execution of the Thai tank order! The question is "brewing": are the sprats of the 5V27D-M1 / 2 missiles really in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, considering also that the S-125M "Pechora" can use these missiles with a special radar? For "Neptunes" the ARLGSN is intended not "identical" ARLGSN SAM 5V27D-M2 ... maybe created on the "base" of the ,, anti-aircraft ,, GOS, but "reworked"!
      2. 0
        29 May 2022 11: 20
        what about at the forefront?

        So he will tell. Will write an article.
        Let him take the batteries for thermal imagers and UAVs with him.
        And five walkie-talkies motorola
        even rare S-125s in the Odessa region).

        This "rare" is not this one at all!
        S-125-2D is good, but it is unlikely that the Russian Federation can produce Zur 5V27D-M2
    4. -3
      29 May 2022 06: 52
      Quote from TreeSmall
      This author writes a lot of letters, words.

      Write better.
      1. 0
        29 May 2022 19: 45
        Write better.

        I'll try, but later.
        Will you edit? Will you check? Will you help?
        1. 0
          29 May 2022 21: 18
          Quote from TreeSmall
          I'll try, but later.

          Write! And we'll see.
          1. -2
            29 May 2022 23: 15
            Thank you for allowing.
            Question:
            And we will see

            Who are "we?
            OrganizedTopvarGrouping
            There used to be such an OPG. Now OTG (well, who, in collusion, and with the connivance of the owners of "topvar", run around the site and meanly and anonymously put "-"
            ?
            Or "we" is a sect of admirers of Kirill Ryabov (who will be sent "seventh water on jelly"
            ?
            Or “we” is like “we are Nikolai the second, empire ..”
            SCHV?
  3. +6
    29 May 2022 03: 58
    Despite all efforts and requests, Ukraine does not receive combat aircraft.

    The author, apparently, is unaware that 14 Su-25s were delivered to Ukraine in disassembled form?
    1. +1
      29 May 2022 07: 00
      Quote: Kuroneko
      14 Su-25s were delivered to Ukraine in disassembled form?


      the author means only Western planes, and the West has already dragged Soviet weapons to Ukraine from all over the world (Mig-29, Su-24 and Su25, Mi-8, Mi-24) + handed over "Afghan" Mi-17s.
      1. 0
        29 May 2022 08: 52
        Africa has not yet been cleared and has not even begun, only the Saxons took everything out!
      2. 0
        29 May 2022 09: 42
        And where does infa come from?
        1. 0
          29 May 2022 10: 25
          https://topcor.ru/25900-soobschaetsja-o-poluchenii-ukrainoj-14-shturmovikov-su-25.html
      3. +1
        29 May 2022 10: 37
        Quote: lopvlad
        the author means only Western planes, and the West has already dragged Soviet weapons to Ukraine from all over the world (MiG-29, Su-24 and Su25, Mi-8, Mi-24) + handed over the "Afghan" Mi-17s.
        Question number 1 - and from whom was the Su-24 transferred?
    2. +1
      29 May 2022 07: 24
      We are talking about samples of Western weapons.
      1. +1
        29 May 2022 10: 34
        Why do you think so? The author did not stipulate this anywhere, on the contrary, before that he had mentioned any mixed Western aid: from Western anti-tank systems and artillery, to Soviet tanks.
  4. -4
    29 May 2022 05: 26
    Quote: Kuroneko
    Despite all efforts and requests, Ukraine does not receive combat aircraft.

    The author, apparently, is unaware that 14 Su-25s were delivered to Ukraine in disassembled form?

    Well, they brought them, but what's the point? In general, I would like to see all the weapons delivered there disassembled. You look, they will collect it, and instead of a machine gun, a sewing machine will turn out ...
    1. +5
      29 May 2022 05: 43
      Well, they brought them, but what's the point?

      The fact that the planes were still delivered to Ukraine. The article claims the opposite.
      I just pointed out this fact.
  5. 0
    29 May 2022 06: 21
    Quote: Author
    Ukrainian fighter with an AT4 grenade launcher. A photo...

    Feminists in Europe might take offense at this obviously sexist photo...
  6. +7
    29 May 2022 06: 32
    Most importantly, deliveries are going despite the "latest Chinese" warnings of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
    This means that these statements do not pose a real threat to the West, and there will only be more weapons.
    Situational destruction of warehouses does not count, losses will be replenished under Lend-Lease.
    Without destruction and a real threat to the logistics of the United States and NATO, the goals of the special operation will hardly be achieved.
    1. -4
      29 May 2022 07: 14
      Quote: MrFYGY
      Situational destruction of warehouses does not count, losses will be replenished under Lend-Lease.


      enough about the wonders of Lend-Lease, because it can only be some support for the defense industry of the country that is waging war. And given the fact that the defense industry of Ukraine did not differ in power even before the war (it could only repair Soviet equipment by purchasing spare parts for it in third countries) and now it’s practically this lend-lease for Ukraine is destroyed like water in the sand.

      And by the way, it’s enough to call these deliveries of weapons by the West to Ukraine help, because they all take place on a commercial basis, and right now Ukraine pays for them in grain.
  7. -5
    29 May 2022 06: 47
    in theory, with those countries that supplied weapons, the diplomatic mission should have been broken. relationships and become at war with all the consequences. just with our leadership and command between the legs .. in short, we recall the classic from Tony-bullet-in-teeth about two types of eggs;)
    1. 0
      29 May 2022 08: 54
      Quote: Daverk
      in theory, with those countries that supplied weapons, the diplomatic mission should have been broken. relationships and become at war with all the consequences.

      That is, right now it is necessary to launch an attack on Washington? Since he is the main supplier?
      Yeah ... fool
  8. +6
    29 May 2022 06: 53
    That again all the weapons are outdated and unnecessary, I feel if the Armed Forces of Nuclear Weapons are installed and the author will have them unnecessary and obsolete ...
    1. -3
      29 May 2022 19: 06
      Well, as if there was an article here the other day, which mentioned the delivery of the "newest" T-62 tanks to the Russian zone of responsibility of the special operation. You see, the West supplies the ukrovermacht only with obsolete and unusable ones, and the Russian army receives only the latest models. Yes. Yes
  9. +4
    29 May 2022 07: 29
    Quote: lopvlad
    Quote: MrFYGY
    Situational destruction of warehouses does not count, losses will be replenished under Lend-Lease.


    enough about the wonders of Lend-Lease, because it can only be some support for the defense industry of the country that is waging war. And given the fact that the defense industry of Ukraine did not differ in power even before the war (it could only repair Soviet equipment by purchasing spare parts for it in third countries) and now it’s practically this lend-lease for Ukraine is destroyed like water in the sand.

    And by the way, it’s enough to call these deliveries of weapons by the West to Ukraine help, because they all take place on a commercial basis, and right now Ukraine pays for them in grain.

    $40 billion is the official military budget of the Russian Federation. It is for this amount that the Americans will supply weapons to Ukraine, what the hell "water in the sand"
    Russia had a chance to end everything with one mighty blow, but for this it was necessary to assemble a group of 600 thousand. The generals pissed off to tell the supreme about this, and poured honey into the ears of the traitor that in Ukraine they would be greeted with flowers. And we are now engaged in a war of attrition. In which Russia is a much weaker side than the West.
    1. -5
      29 May 2022 08: 37
      Quote: certero
      $40 billion is the official military budget of the Russian Federation. It is for this amount that the Americans will supply weapons to Ukraine, what the hell "water in the sand"

      To begin with, you should familiarize yourself with the structure of this "aid" ... No more than 15% of this amount for weapons directly to Ukraine ... They do not forget themselves, their loved ones.
      Quote: certero
      In which Russia is a much weaker side than the West.

      Do you measure by GDP? The services of lawyers and brokers are of little help in the production of weapons ... laughing
      1. 0
        29 May 2022 13: 15
        Quote: Mountain Shooter
        Do you measure by GDP?

        Yes.
        Quote: Mountain Shooter
        The services of lawyers and brokers are of little help in the production of weapons.

        Good help, it is also part of the economy. By the way, citizen Matvienko recently found out that nails are not produced in Russia. What kind of brokers are there.
        1. 0
          29 May 2022 13: 55
          Quote: Negro

          Good help, it is also part of the economy. By the way, citizen Matvienko recently found out that nails are not produced in Russia.

          Please don't post this lie. About nails. What Matvienko voiced is not the ultimate truth. Or are you in production?
          And the services of lawyers and brokers help the production very, very much ... Can you tell me how?
          And why are they so in a fever, when only when trying to squeeze a country with 2% of GDP did inflation go off scale? Doesn't it suggest that the methods of comparison in terms of GDP, and not in terms of industrial production, are one of the methods of propaganda "in their favor"?
          1. +5
            29 May 2022 16: 42
            Quote: Mountain Shooter
            Please don't post this lie. About nails. What Matvienko voiced is not the ultimate truth.

            Is the third person in the state lying publicly? Ah ah ah.
            Quote: Mountain Shooter
            And the services of lawyers and brokers help the production very, very much ... Can you tell me how?

            This is part of the complex and unnecessary concept of "infrastructure" for you.
            Quote: Mountain Shooter
            Doesn't it suggest that the methods of comparison in terms of GDP, and not in terms of industrial production, are one of the methods of propaganda "in their favor"?

            No, of course, this indicator will not show anything - especially in the case of countries with a resource-based economy, like Russia. But if you are interested, the share of industry in Russia's GDP is 30%, in the countries of the first world - about 20%. Thus, the GDP of the USA and Russia in terms of industry will differ not by 10 times, but only by 7.

            But this is only a quantitative assessment. 7 current Russians can hardly build 3 aircraft carriers at the same time, for example (2 Fords, 1 UDC America).

            Quote: Mountain Shooter
            And why are they so in a fever, when only when trying to squeeze a country with 2% of GDP did inflation go off scale?

            )))
            You should not believe the statements of Mr. Biden and his press service, they are rather insincere people. The surge in global inflation was an inevitable consequence of the narcotic economic policy of recent years, and perhaps decades. All experts knew this very well for more than a year. Those who wrote otherwise were simply lying and should be held accountable for this (but, of course, they will not be held accountable).
            1. -1
              29 May 2022 17: 06
              It seems that I stumbled upon a specialist at the level of a deputy minister, not otherwise ... But judging by your "writings", you do not know the state of affairs in production from the word "absolutely", but use exclusively information from "liberal sources" ...
              I will give an example from my PRACTICE. At the exhibition, we got acquainted with an American firm that offered to make the large-sized product we needed according to our drawings quickly and relatively cheaply. But we could not manage to coordinate with them some points according to the drawings. After tormenting for two weeks, they finally gave out - an e-mail address, by which we coordinated everything in just a couple of days. This address turned out to be in Malaysia. And the factory is there. And in New York office - 7 people. And a bank account! Well, it is clear that this production is considered American.
              In the end, we made the product in Russia, but the experience was like that. I'm afraid most US industrial production is the same.
              1. +2
                29 May 2022 18: 06
                Quote: Mountain Shooter
                I will give an example from my practice

                Amazing stories that are impossible to be silent about.
                Quote: Mountain Shooter
                Well, it is clear that this production is considered American

                It is unlikely that a person who does not distinguish GDP from GNP has any experience in business.
                Quote: Mountain Shooter
                I'm afraid most US industrial production is the same.

                Are you really afraid? In vain.

                In a country where "there is no industrial production," one there, a well-known "swindler and swindler who stuck to the budget," for 10 years from Medvedev to here, organized:
                1. Production of space rockets - dozens per year.
                2. Production of satellites - dozens per week.
                3. Production of cars, and far from Renault Logan - 100 thousand per month.

                A country without industry cannot afford this even close. There is no equipment, no engineers, no workers. Compare, for example, with the activities of any Russian "swindler and swindler who sticks to the budget" - I don't know, A.B. Chubais.
                1. 0
                  29 May 2022 18: 45
                  Quote: Negro
                  It is unlikely that a person who does not distinguish GDP from GNP has any experience in business

                  Looks like he ran into an oligarch. I have very little business experience. Years 30.
                  And an engineering firm. And we export something quite successfully.
                  Do you brag about yours? On my avatar is one of the samples of our products in work. Picking up terminology from the Internet - you are clearly not a practitioner. And judging by the intonation - "all-propagator". Therefore, useful information from you, based on experience, is not expected. And yes ... I distinguish between GDP and GNP. Just my example from life - well, obvious. And to glorify the adventurer from Elon's technique ... Well, it's a long time ... One example. Where is Hyperloop? Where did you go?
                  And where is the Tesla plant the largest? Is there a profit in the production of these machines?
                  1. -1
                    29 May 2022 18: 59
                    Quote: Mountain Shooter
                    Where is the Tesla factory?

                    Are you talking about Giga Shanghai? The Chinese quarantined it two years ago, so there is practically no contribution to the figure of 100 thousand cars per month. And 100 thousand cars is twice as high as the production of AvtoVAZ (while it was still working).
                    Quote: Mountain Shooter
                    Is there any profit in the production of these machines?

                    Who cares? Now give you production, now also profit for some reason.
                    Quote: Mountain Shooter
                    one example. Where is Hyperloop? Where did you go?

                    Hyperloop still needed for no reason. Through the tunnels, contact Sobyanin.
                    Quote: Mountain Shooter
                    .I distinguish GDP from GNP. Just my life example - well, obvious

                    Seriously? Judging by your Malaysian example, they just googled it.
                    1. +1
                      29 May 2022 21: 41
                      Quote: Negro
                      And 100 thousand cars is twice as high as the production of AvtoVAZ (while it was still working).

                      Over the past year -900 thousand pieces. a little less than 100 thousand per month, right?
                      In the year 20 - 500 thousand.
                      Net income for 21 years is $4.6/share. That at a share price of $780 continues to evoke thoughts of a scam.
                      In 20 there was a loss. Only near-zero debt refinancing rates allow such zombie companies to continue to exist.
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                        30 May 2022 09: 31
                        Quote: Mountain Shooter
                        Over the past year -900 thousand pieces. a little less than 100 thousand per month, right?

                        100K/mo achieved in 4/2021 and 1/2022.
                        Quote: Mountain Shooter
                        900 thousand pieces a little less than 100 thousand per month, right?
                        In the year 20 - 500 thousand.

                        That is, production doubled in a year. Not bad for a swindler in a country with no industry.
                        Quote: Mountain Shooter
                        Only near-zero debt refinancing rates allow such zombie companies to continue to exist.

                        Well, you see. And you asked why we need lawyers and brokers.
          2. 0
            29 May 2022 17: 23
            And the services of lawyers and brokers help the production very, very much ... Can you tell me how?
            And why are they so in a fever, when only when trying to squeeze a country with 2% of GDP did inflation go off scale?

            GDP and $40 billion in aid to Ukraine are two different things.
            They are issued not by lawyers and brokers, but by REAL American weapons, iron.
            Note. And inflation is not due to its own. The can for the covid time poured ~ 20 trillion $ printed.
            Each bum received from $1,5k.
            Here it is (inflation) and caught up.
            And the services of lawyers and brokers help the production very, very much ... Can you tell me how?
            And why are they so in a fever, when only when trying to squeeze a country with 2% of GDP did inflation go off scale?

            In terms of industry, comparing the USA and the Russian Federation will generally become scary
            1. -1
              29 May 2022 17: 55
              Quote from TreeSmall
              The can for the covid time poured ~ 20 trillion $ printed.

              Far from a fan of sleepy Joe, but here you are talking about the old man. There were, it seems, only two covid trillions, but the manner of flooding any issue with printed dollars has been around for more than a dozen years. The last time a prudent financial policy on the banks of the Potomac was seen, it seems, was under Clinton. Bush after 9/11 "due to special circumstances" allowed himself everything, and then the Treasury went more and more downhill. Well, it has finally arrived.
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                29 May 2022 19: 49
                Negro
                good
                Screwed up
                2 for sure, or rather 1,9 and then another 0,2 trillion $
                I'm getting old.
                Reagan was "the last adequate."
                Yes. Then in America, a loan was taken at 16-18% per annum.
                And now "Wallstreet vodka"
                $ out of thin air
                1. -1
                  29 May 2022 21: 08
                  Quote from TreeSmall
                  Reagan was "the last adequate."

                  Still, Clinton, if I remember correctly. Under him, the last time the ratio of public debt / GDP declined. And then they already went peddling, like 10 years.

                  Ronnie has quite a few economic questions. He took the voter with mental tryndezhom.
                  1. -2
                    29 May 2022 21: 23
                    Maybe Clinton, maybe...
                    My brain (during his reign) was eclipsed: the eternally drunk Yeltsin and sexual orgies with Monica.
                    But☝️ under Biel, all the good stuff was pumped out of the USSR, incl. the economy cannot be called fair (the United States, like the UK, at one time received “India”).
                    Roni... what about Roni? He was stupid, like all the actors, but (!) the team☝️
                    She was really strong (there are no such people now).
                    He was a patriot of his country: as I remember now, “I went out into the street and I see that even buses / trolleybuses on American streets are not American” you can’t live like that ....
            2. +1
              29 May 2022 18: 49
              Quote from TreeSmall
              GDP and $40 billion in aid to Ukraine are two different things.
              They are issued not by lawyers and brokers, but by REAL American weapons, iron.

              What are you about. There is a layout for these 40 lards - to whom what. 15% of this amount to help the Outskirts - this is not something I came up with. And for these percentages, not everything is transparent either.
          3. 0
            30 May 2022 12: 41
            It does not suggest that the methods of comparison in terms of GDP, and not in terms of industrial production, are one of the methods of propaganda "in their favor"

            Well, let's compare.
            US Gross Domestic Product - $22 billion for 997. The share of industry is 2021 percent. The total amount of US industrial output for the year is 18,9 billion dollars.
            Gross domestic product of China for 2021 - 27 billion dollars when calculated at purchasing power parity (hereinafter - PPP), when calculated at a nominal rate (hereinafter - nominal) - 072 billion dollars). The share of industry is 16 percent. Which gives the amount of industry output at $863 billion at PPP and $40,6 billion at par.
            But there may be questions about the calculation method. Let me explain - according to some data (attention! the data was obtained from the Internet and has not been documented, it may be erroneous or not true at all - I warned in advance) in China, the results of R&D (research and development work) are also considered in the amount of industrial production, while while in the USA they are considered in the "services" section.
            PS: And finally. Russia's GDP for 2021 is $4328 billion. By PPS. The share of industry is 32,4 percent. The total amount for the year is 1402,2 billion dollars. Whether R&D counts in industry or in services is a question of the unknown.
        2. 0
          29 May 2022 17: 19
          By the way, citizen Matvienko recently found out that nails are not produced in Russia.

          Citizen Matvienko (like her son)) is very far from the people and from the country.
          She froze stupidity, and then the absence could not help it.
          PS. We produce nails in factories: 16-18.
          They will find nails for the coffin lid.
          With batteries for night vision devices, UAVs, walkie-talkies, etc. - trouble. Yes
          But these are questions for the citizen:
          1. +1
            29 May 2022 17: 34
            Quote from TreeSmall
            But these are questions for the citizen:

            What kind of citizen is she? They’ve completely blabbed, Stalin is not on you.

            Comrade Marshal of the Financial Troops.
            1. 0
              29 May 2022 19: 41
              My friend .. according to the Constitution, we have citizens (you will not find gentlemen in K).
              And comrade - my language does not want to call it that
  10. -1
    29 May 2022 07: 40
    The unwillingness of the NATO ghouls to supply the zelebobika with modern armored vehicles is understandable - the sight of the charred remains of "leopards" and other "abrams" will have a bad effect on sales.
  11. +4
    29 May 2022 08: 22
    Despite all efforts and requests, Ukraine does not receive combat aircraft. In the field of manned aviation, all assistance was reduced to a certain number of multi-purpose helicopters.

    This is not true. Unassembled aircraft are delivered to Ukraine, in particular the Su-25.
    1. -3
      29 May 2022 10: 17
      Yes, at least one hundred and five hundred, put su25. Firstly, they are old, and secondly, they are normal pilots with a gulkin nose and they land every day, it’s not iron that fights, but people.
  12. -1
    29 May 2022 10: 14
    Well, it's been said for a long time:
    "To whom is war, and to whom is motherland."
    In the states, with great pleasure, they saw the allocated billions for Ukraine.
  13. +4
    29 May 2022 10: 26
    Not sure what the article is about? About the fact that since these supplies consist of obsolete, then we are fine? About the fact that - oh, what good fellows Europeans - have shaken off the outdated and made room for the storage of the newest?
    But the author did not set out to find out how many of our planes and helicopters were shot down by these "obsolete" Stingers? And how many of our tanks and other BMs were destroyed by anti-tank systems that arrived from the USA and Europe? So what is the article about? About the fact that everything is bad with them there, because of these deliveries, but everything is fine with us, despite these deliveries?
    1. -1
      29 May 2022 13: 29
      Quote: Krasnoyarsk
      Not sure what the article is about?

      The fact that recent statements about the "Reimstein coalition of the entire civilized world against Russia" are (so far) overly optimistic for the Ukrainian side. The allies were exceptionally generous in supplying weapons to Ukraine for guerrilla warfare, but when they switched to the scenario of the military defeat of the Russian Federation, their efforts drastically weakened. Moreover, there is no problem of resources - there is no desire to work systematically and wisely. Both Ukraine and its unequivocal allies (Poland, Britain) are acting rather stupidly - however, it would be strange to expect anything else from Ukraine. Moreover, a number of Western countries, despite the pro-Ukrainian rhetoric, take either a pro-Russian (Germany) or ambiguous (USA, France) position. This is good news for the RF Armed Forces.
      1. +1
        29 May 2022 16: 39
        Quote: Negro
        a) The Allies were extremely generous in supplying weapons to Ukraine for guerrilla warfare, but when they switched to the scenario of the military defeat of the Russian Federation, their efforts drastically weakened.

        Yeah, they "weakened" so much that, in addition to the riflemen with anti-tank systems, they also began to supply 155 mm. artu. Both towed and SELF-PROPELLED. Add also tanks with planes and helicopters. Though the planes are disassembled.
        Quote: Negro
        . Both Ukraine and its unequivocal allies (Poland, Britain) are acting rather stupidly - however, it would be strange to expect anything else from Ukraine.

        Well then, where do you see the stupidity of the actions of Poland and Britain?
        Quote: Negro
        Moreover, a number of Western countries, despite the pro-Ukrainian rhetoric, take either a pro-Russian (Germany) or ambiguous (USA, France) position.

        Carve in granite! And just don't say it in Germany - they will throw stones at you.
        1. -1
          29 May 2022 17: 20
          Quote: Krasnoyarsk
          just don't say it in Germany - they will throw stones at you.

          Why would it suddenly? The open sabotage by the Scholz office of any military aid to Ukraine is widely discussed by both the press and officials of the countries involved.
          Quote: Krasnoyarsk
          Well then, where do you see the stupidity of the actions of Poland and Britain?

          The fact that a reasonable management of the rear and supplies of lend-lease, which the Zaporozhye-Krivoy Rog Transit team is clearly not capable of, is not organized outside of Ukraine either. All these endless collections by Ukrainian funds for quadrics and equipment are a much greater shame than fees in Russia for the treatment of children with SMS messages. The main reason for the existence of the state is just war, and not at all the treatment of children. It is in conditions of war that the state must show its effectiveness.

          The task of the anti-Russian military alliance - if it existed - would be to achieve a qualitative superiority of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and to develop some realistic options for political changes comparable to military results. Now, not a shadow of such activity is visible from the other side - only empty chatter and loud slogans.

          Quote: Krasnoyarsk
          Yeah, they "weakened" so much that, in addition to the riflemen with anti-tank systems, they also began to supply 155 mm. artu.

          Yes, of course. This is partly stated in Ryabov's article itself. If the deliveries of ATGMs and MANPADS were really large-scale, then the deliveries of heavy systems are ridiculous. In the armies of the West, the role of artillery has decreased in recent decades, but nevertheless, the same United States could completely replace all Ukrainian artillery, self-propelled and towed, in the amount of about 1000 barrels (Carnations, Acacias, Hyacinths, Msta-B, D-20, several dozen others systems) by 155 mm from stock. Twice. Not only that, the greatest artillery power of the West, all of a sudden, South Korea. She could change all Ukrainian art to 155 mm 4 times.
          The next point - according to the experience of WWII, one 6-inch gun requires 40 shells per day. Consequently, with a really large-scale use of artillery for 1000 barrels for 100 days, 4 million shells are required - this is a serious figure even for the United States. It would be a decision to specifically help - shell factories would have worked in three shifts for a long time.

          So yes, you understood me correctly. To date, deliveries of heavy weapons to Ukraine are very insignificant and in no way correspond to the declared goal of achieving a military defeat of the Russian Federation.
          1. -2
            29 May 2022 20: 33
            Not only that, the greatest artillery power of the West, all of a sudden, South Korea

            Well, definitely not the "west"
            Yuk is still Asia.
            To date, deliveries of heavy weapons to Ukraine are very insignificant and in no way correspond to the declared goal of achieving a military defeat of the Russian Federation.

            It will be like this:
            The Russian Federation is stalling - help is increasing.
            Ukraine "wins" stops the onslaught - help blunts.
            The boiler recycles the Slavs, everyone rejoices, except for the Slavs.
            And Germany really slows down

            With intent or "just like that."
            Doesn't matter. Ours is easier
      2. +1
        29 May 2022 23: 54
        hi
        The allies were exceptionally generous in supplying weapons to Ukraine for guerrilla warfare, but when they switched to the scenario of the military defeat of the Russian Federation, their efforts drastically weakened.

        A completely inexplicable phenomenon for me personally.
        Already BT and artillery with MLRS would be enough in pieces of brigades for 20-30 in the states of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and this is only from the conservation / presence of the United States, not counting other countries. From March they could start doing something and already something would have to fight in reasonable quantities.
        And it seems that Lend-Lease has appeared, but all the same, guns and shells are carried by planes, and more than 30 billion dollars can be quickly, painlessly and relatively imperceptibly mastered.

        IMHO, "in the West":
        whether "our money was brought";
        whether they promised "a pension like that of Fillon and Strauss Kahn";
        whether they began to be afraid of Ukraine winning and "where will Ukraine stop and how the Russian Federation will react and what will happen to the Russian Federation";
        or "let them fight like this around Severodonetsk, the main thing is that it's not around Narva";
        whether the new edition of Realpolitik "if we see that the war is won by Ukraine, we should help Russia, if there is Russia, we should help Ukraine, and let them kill each other as much as possible, .... None of them keeps the promise the words";
        Or do Gundyaev's prayers help exceptionally well?

        The voices of Kissinger and others "shouldn't Ukraine stop, face reality and fix it" are getting louder, even the Italians "fit in".

        "Time is ticking", before the autumn there could be many huge troubles, but for now we manage with small problems.
        1. -4
          30 May 2022 00: 18
          Quote: Wildcat
          IMHO, "in the West":
          either

          You are hitting more and more into conspiracy theories ... everything is much simpler and more rational in fact
          1. -2
            30 May 2022 00: 33
            hi
            As always, your version is interesting.
            1. 0
              30 May 2022 06: 32
              The highly respected Liam is still defending the version of the cunning plan "lured the new Brezhnev to the new Afghanistan."
              1. +1
                30 May 2022 11: 09
                Here we have not yet reached the Ukrainian Kabul (and the areas of Ukraine and Afghanistan are similar), and we no longer want to compare the Wikipedia data on the Afghan war and Oryx.

                Well, in terms of time: "According to Shamanov, the demilitarization of Ukraine may take from 5 to 10 years."
                https://www.rbc.ru/politics/26/05/2022/628f71e59a7947bbf8b52529"
                The Afghan war also went to the top ten, from 1979 to 1989. But according to Shamanov, there is a chance that we will manage it twice as fast.
                1. -1
                  30 May 2022 12: 01
                  I note that you do not fully appreciate the seriousness of the situation. A special military operation in Afghanistan was carried out quite far from the central regions of the USSR. The current one is being held, not far to go, 60 km from the Kursk nuclear power plant, three reactors of the Chernobyl type.
                  1. 0
                    30 May 2022 12: 41
                    I fully appreciate the gravity of the situation.
                    The Kursk NPP does not bother me at all.

                    I am worried that in 5-10 years, according to Shamanov, the SVO will end and you may have to start living again from 1989.
                    Only no one will send chicken legs, as Lavrov says, "the unprecedented Russophobia of the West will remain for a long time"; "assistance in controlling nuclear weapons" will also not be the same as "dashing in the 90s"; well, another round of "drink, walk, love geese and take sovereignty as much as you want."
                    And "the best humanistic education of the USSR", all these "World-Mir" are no more, even half of this forum scolds Gorbachev and Yeltsin for their softness ("they shot a little"), and the second half demands the bombing of "decision-making centers" with the help of nuclear weapons.

                    In general, the "naive liberal opposition" will have a chance to meet the wishes of the people.
                    But the history of the Russian Federation shows that usually not the biggest liberal dreamer of "Vera Pavlovna's dreams" takes power. Power is taken by a well-knit group of people (even the sign "armed" is not very important), acting decisively, not afraid of machine guns in theaters and taking hostages.
                    In the last century, these were the Bolsheviks (especially a group that has become adept at commercial disputes and specializes in "ex"), but in this century, who could it be?...

                    However, not only I read history, but even the Russian Orthodox Church, which has "Forty Sorokov". Yes, and the oligarchs, who, if they are a little scraped, have their own "sports fighting and shooting clubs" and private security companies, and not just full-time PR departments.
                    There are, of course, "leaders at the start", like Strelkov and Co., a famous composer (who is not), somewhere nearby Kvachkov and Co., but the problem of leaders in such events is that they are the first to have to drop out of the competition due to special attention .
                    So nothing is predetermined.
                    Who would have thought that the unsuccessful lawyer Ulyanov from the Finnish hut with the idea of ​​"women and things will be common" would become the winner in the last century? And look! In the right place with the right people and an armored car; the hustle and bustle of the generals on the topic "who will be the savior of the Fatherland"; legalize everything and everything “for their own” (the concept of a “glass of water” and the recipe for a “Baltic cocktail” are important in this story), and voila, so far, in spite of everything, you can find not only a monument to Ilyich, but also living faithful Leninists!

                    In general, as the writer, futurologist and philosopher V. Surkov writes in his recent articles, "Divide and Conquer is an ancient recipe. Separation is synonymous with chaos. Rally your own + divide others = you will rule both. "" And what's next? Definitely not silence. There is a lot of geopolitics ahead. Practical and applied. And even, perhaps, contact."
                    If we survive, we will see.
              2. +1
                30 May 2022 14: 03
                Dear Liam
                banned. So there's nothing to "defend". It's a pity.
        2. -1
          30 May 2022 11: 34
          Quote: Wildcat
          And it seems that Lend-Lease has appeared, but all the same, guns and shells are carried by planes, and more than 30 billion dollars can be quickly, painlessly and relatively imperceptibly mastered.

          (((
          If we leave aside the logic of "ours are being beaten" and, so to speak, root for the cause, then this clowning causes rage. It was enough for the old man to pick up the phone and call the Koreans and Turks - "brothers, send the M114 from the bottom of your heart, they yourself have long been unnecessary" - and in a month this rubbish would have been brought to Poland in an ordinary container ship in the amount of two and a half thousand pieces. The gun itself still saw Hitler, but with modern shells it is quite comparable with the same D-20 - it was necessary to focus on the supply of shells.

          In general, in general, the statement of the task looks extremely simple - in a short time to bring up the materiel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the level of Storm in the Desert, in the conditions of the actual absence of aviation in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the relatively massive use of missiles by the enemy. Since the time of the Storm in the Desert, all the armies of the West have carried out large-scale reductions - that is, you can eat this equipment at least and it goes at the price of scrap metal. But no, Joe will carry absurdly expensive M777 howitzers by teaspoon by plane.
          1. +1
            30 May 2022 12: 04
            It's not clear, I agree.
            Maybe Ukrainians don't take old weapons? For example, the supply of shotguns and cartridges for them "from the heart" received condemnation even from Zelensky ... request

            And to carry cannons and shells by plane - they will turn out to be "golden" ... cheaper on the spot, "where the military unit is located" to purchase.
            But you shouldn't argue with Santa Claus and Biden, since he wants to "spend money on Ukraine" like that - let him spend, it's easier for us.
            1. -1
              30 May 2022 12: 17
              Quote: Wildcat
              It's not clear, I agree.

              Just understandable. Less action, more words.
              Quote: Wildcat
              Maybe Ukrainians don't take old weapons?

              And then the T-72 is a very new weapon. That is why I am writing that the problem is not money, but the lack of systematic work.
  14. 0
    29 May 2022 12: 06
    I think we have a lot of things in warehouses from Soviet times that can be usefully disposed of in Ukraine and bomb NATO aid for a long time. Of course, it was not worth it at one time to put thousands of tanks and aircraft of the Mig27, 23 type under the knife after modernization, they could be useful today, and it could be sold.
  15. 0
    29 May 2022 18: 29
    Simply and clearly in the article everything was told. Thank you. There is only one caveat:
    Such plans are of obvious interest to the US defense industry and several European countries. The expected re-equipment of a number of armies promises them big profits, both from commercial contracts and from American lend-lease.
    Rearmament to more modern or expensive models will be, BUT. The West, and indeed the whole world, is now entering an economic ideal storm, and there will be less and less extra money for rearmament. Let's not forget about inflation and economic problems. Will the countries that are now so generously giving away their stocks have money for rearmament? This is probably the main question.
  16. 0
    29 May 2022 19: 36
    The other day it was reported about the possible delivery of anti-ship missiles. According to media reports from the United States, several countries are ready to transfer such weapons at once. However, none of them wants to be the first supplier - because of the risks of an additional deterioration in relations with Russia as a result of the possible use of anti-ship missiles.
    .
    Denmark has shared second-hand Harpoon rockets with Ukraine
    Another "everything is fine, beautiful marquise" ... The author, I have not heard about "Moscow" ...
    PS These unfortunate propagandists contributed a lot to the collapse of the great USSR ...
  17. 0
    29 May 2022 20: 27
    We here in Donetsk already feel all this "help" sad Arrives already in those areas of the city where nothing has flown in all the previous eight years of the war recourse
  18. 0
    30 May 2022 12: 16
    It seemed to me alone (in the first photo) that the fighter somehow strangely holds a grenade launcher and, if something happens, can he launch his eggs into space?
    Your interests

    It will not be the United States itself that will fight, but their allies, throwing like brushwood into the fire of contradictions between countries. In support of the shift in focus to this strategy, I can name the following signs:
    1) Making alliances, both economic and political. To stay "safe" the United States needs to have alliances that will coordinate, within which it will not be possible to fall into uncontrollable chaos. Hence the attempts to quickly drag several more countries into NATO so that the opponents are comparable in strength (Western direction).
    2) Biden's tour of Asia, trying to forge alliances. With a strategy of "suppression of competitors" such a tour would not only be unnecessary, it would be harmful.
    3) There is not even a hint that the United States will solve its internal problems, they do not want to change, and therefore they want to leave everything as it is (the role of the dollar). The strategy of "world fire" is preferable to "suppression of competitors", since there is no time left to suppress all those who are dangerous

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