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    Berletic: Pentagon's "End-of-Year" Wishlist for Ukraine's Military Falls Far Short Archived Message

    Posted by sashimi on December 23, 2022, 10:25 am

    Update on Russian military operations in and around Ukraine for December 23, 2022:

    * US prepares a 1.85 billion USD aid package for Ukraine;

    * Package includes Patriot missile battery;

    * Western media notes Ukraine's use of Patriot missiles will compound existing
    missile shortage;

    * Package falls short in terms of artillery ammunition;

    * Pentagon contracts for additional ammunition for Ukraine's Soviet-era weapon
    systems falls far short of meeting Ukraine's weekly requirements let alone
    what it will require over the next month or year;

    * Pentagon provides a "fact sheet" listing all support the US has provided since
    Russia's special military operation began in late February;

    * Many systems on the Pentagon's end-of-year list cannot be replaced nor
    production ramped up for years to come;

    * Russia's military appears prepared for long-term, intense, large-scale combat,
    it's forces arrayed for such fighting, its stockpiles large enough to supply
    it, hinting at the possibility Russia's military industrial output is also
    prepared to sustain it.




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    • Berletic: Pentagon's "End-of-Year" Wishlist for Ukraine's Military Falls Far Short - sashimi December 23, 2022, 10:25 am