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Yeah, but you conveniently ignored the first paragraph where you were questioned about your January reports and then doubled down on your wrongness in your reply. It was first reported on 20th March. Go look online yourself for sources and provide those for January that you claim exist.

They were promised 1 million shells for 2023 7 months in and they are nowhere near that ,but expect 3 times that next year , when do the discussions begin

We lost Gatling to the dark side a few months ago unfortunately.

When it comes to the EU level stuff (which you have been complaining about) you can always read the dry Europa website material (press releases, documents) about the progress of the ammunition procurement, from the horses mouth.

Maybe it is not happening as fast as one would like, but it is not all just made up by tweeters for likes.

Like ordering vaccines + medical supplies during a pandemic, this is all very new and, if one were looking into future from the pre. Feb 2022, a very unusual thing for the EU to be getting deeply involved in, so I may cut them some slack.

But in this case alot or whatever is been claimed in coming from Twitter,no actual facts I read on Twitter and if you disagree with me your a putinbot and paid Kremlin staffer,

Couldn't make it up if I tried

Whatever happened to you telling us Russians will be fertiliser in Ukraine and will not prevail to now telling us basically the opposite and how Russia will win this war?

Who got to you?

One of Europes biggest 155 ammunition producers on supplying ukraine and the 1 million shells promised .....

As I said previously 1 million shells isn't that likely to be delivered,yet now people are saying 3 million shells for next year seems research isn't a strong point theses days.

Well I've been reading about how the Russian lines have collapsed completely, they have run out of ammo, Men and tanks , helicopters and aircraft, but yet we've seen only minor gains in 6 weeks while taking heavy losses,

I agree with you it's not a sprint but they aren't moving alot and as many experts saying they have limited time to make large gain's before winter kicks in again and we're back to a total stalemate which is something that they need to avoid this can't turn into a 5 year war

So you think the polish government will act pathetically and destroy perfectly good tanks just to wind up the Germans while their neighbour desperately needs weapons? Well I wouldn’t put it past that horrid government tbh. The Germans could wind them by stop giving them money through the EU. They were the biggest winners last year with €11.5B while the Germans paid more than any other country. I wonder how many of their tanks the Germans paid for.

The government are trying to manoeuvre themselves as the new top dog in Europe, people laughed at the idea 12 Months ago but now in the next 18-24 months will have one of the biggest and most powerful military force in Europe while painting Germany as an unreliable partner, while they are saying to their neighbors we will come to your aid we have built a new modernised military while Germany sits back with France while preaching nothing happens without out say so ,a Baltic coalition could get quite powerful in Brussels and Nato,

Polish ministers have already said that they expect to fight a war with Russia in the next 6-10 year's hence their substantial military modernising program, they have already gone above and beyond giving tanks , ammunition, vehicles and aircraft to Ukraine they are going to want something in return eventually and not just money, Poland has similar leaning towards certain values with journalism/democracy and LGBT rights as does Hungary and Russia and other right wing leaning countries ,

Poland is one to watch over the next few years

They were purchasing wheels along with manufacturing them. Article is from April 10th. Still missing out on the 3 months (jan-mar) elapsed prior to the pledge that is strangely included in your timeline. As identified, 220k shells were delivered in 2 months. That is 22% of the total delivered in 16.67% of the time allocated. There is 71.31% of the specified time remaining to deliver at max 78% of the shells. I say at max 78% because there may have been shells delivered since may that I’m not aware of.

So we will see how things are closer to the specified time of within 12 months closer to the end of it (March 20, 2024). It’s your completely incorrect timeline resulting in a Chicken Licken response that people have queried. January 1st to March 20th 2023 are not part of the official timeline so the sky is not falling in yet

You were one of the very people proclaiming loudest last year that Russia faces total defeat, the end is imminent, Putin is finished, ammunition runs out in two weeks, etc etc and everyone who disagrees is a Russian stooge.

Your posts now actually are more realistic, but like others I am baffled by your total shift since spring this year

A Russian commander complains to Gerasimov and is dismissed.

More on Popov

"Maj Gen Ivan Popov was the commander of the 58th Army, which has been fighting in the southern Zaporizhzhia region.

In a voice message, Maj Gen Popov said he raised questions about high casualty rate and lack of artillery support.

"It was necessary either to keep quiet and be a coward or to say it the way it is," he said.

"I had no right to lie in the name of you, in the name of my fallen comrades in arms, so I outlined all the problems which exist."

The voice message was posted to telegram by Russian MP Andrei Gurulyov, who is a former military commander and frequent commentator on state TV. It is unclear when the message was recorded.

Among the issues Maj Gen Popov said he highlighted to his superiors were the lack of proper counter battery systems to help repel Ukrainian artillery attacks, as well as a lack of military intelligence.

The commander said his dismissal was demanded by senior commanders - who he accused of treason - and approved by the Russian defence minister, Sergei Shoigu.

Russian military bloggers - often the most insightful form of information in the absence of official comment from Moscow - reported that the order to dismiss Maj Gen Popov had come from the head of Russia's armed forces, Gen Valery Gerasimov.

They said Gen Gerasimov accused Maj Gen Popov of "alarmism and blackmailing senior management" after he highlighted the need to rotate soldiers who had been in the front line for a sustained period of time and had suffered significant losses.

"The senior chiefs apparently sensed some kind of danger from me and quickly concocted an order from the defence minister in just one day and got rid of me," Maj Gen Popov said.

"The Ukrainian army could not break through our ranks at the front but our senior chief hit us from the rear, viciously beheading the army at the most difficult and intense moment."

The Russian defence ministry has yet to comment on the dismissal."

More and more cracks showing..

Russia state TV suggesting genocide as a punishment.

Negotiation...

Would be like the Jewish people of mainland Europe trying to negotiate with Eichmann.

Outside of Moscow and St. Petersburg in the republics, ethnic Russians are not popular either, quite the opposite in fact. Don't be an ethnic Russian going against a local non-Russian in the local courts. For sure the balance will be weighed in the locals favour.

I was pretty shocked to learn about the state of new spares for the Challenger tanks, basically none available. This could be the reason they are being used so lightly.

Chronic underinvestment for 20 years across Europe in armies is catching up.

If Russia hadn't been so corrupt and it's army so mismanaged this crisis would be very serious for Europe, either way the same head in the sand approach would be taken.

Most of the armies in Europe will be significantly degraded in 5 years compared to now and most of the hardware given to Ukraine will not be replaced and the capacity to make it will be further diminished.

Just look at Sweden they literally kept on modernising all of their programs , land,sea and air,on limited budgets while the majority of Europe cut their defense budgets over the last few decades since the collapse of the Soviet union, yes the eu grew and prosperity grew across the block but that doesn't mean the threats went away,now Nato stores are running low with everything been sent to Ukraine which is all well and good but at some point decisions will need to be taken rebuild and re-equip Nato members forces or keep sending everything to Ukraine and Hope nothing else kicks off like Taiwan or Serbia and Kosovo and hope they don't get caught with there pants down

I once knew a girl who was an ethnic Russian who had grown up in Uzbekistan. From my understanding she lived in an area where most were Russians and as a result she didn't speak a word of Uzbek. I remember, I asked her about the Uzbeks and I'll never forget her reaction: "Pfft...they're barely humans". On a separate occasion, I also recall her saying "black people smell".

At the time I thought that it must just be her but now I have come to realise that those feelings are a lot more widespread in Russians in general.