Russia Bakhmut Advances, Zelensky US Trip Achieves Nothing, Putin Announces Massive Rearmament (Alexander Mercouris)

Russia is wisely gearing up to engage in industrial scale warfare. This used to be the standard Western method of war. There is no substitute for high troop numbers, armoured formations, and heavy weapons. These things are now being heavily supplemented by drones. 

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, December 24, 2022.]