Pentagon's "End-of-Year" Wishlist for Ukraine's Military Falls Far Short (TheNewAtlas)

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.



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, December 25, 2022.]