US Seeks “New” Strategy for Ukraine as Reality of Russia’s Advantages Sets in

Update for the conflict in Ukraine for January 28, 2024…

– The collective West is grappling with critical shortages of artillery ammunition Ukraine requires to continue fighting against Russian forces;

– The Western media admits that US-European attempts to expand production will take years and still fall short of even current Russian production numbers;

– Conflicts elsewhere are placing additional strain on NATO artillery shell stockpiles;

– Western analysts and commentators are contemplating increasingly desperate measures to speed up production increases, including sacrificing quality and safety, something they’ve all recently criticized Russia for doing as it expands munition production;

– Ukrainian “activists” complain about their difficulty in selling continued Western support for Ukraine to the Western public;

– There is an attempt to portray the conflict in Ukraine as “existential” for the West, claiming that Russia will end up moving further west if it wins in Ukraine;

– This dismisses the reality surrounding the current conflict in Ukraine, the preceding decades of aggressive NATO expansion up to Russia’s borders, and NATO’s use of proxies to attack Russia on its borders;

References:

Washington Post – U.S. war plans for Ukraine don’t foresee retaking lost territory (January 26, 2024):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation…

Defense News – Lockheed to double Patriot missile production as orders explode
https://www.defensenews.com/land/2018…

Breaking Defense – Raytheon to max out AMRAAM production for ‘foreseeable future,’ exec says (September 2023):
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/09/r…

Army Recognition – Diehl Defence ramps up production of IRIS-T missile systems (September 2023):
https://www.armyrecognition.com/defen…

Wall Street Journal (YouTube) – 155mm Shells: Can the U.S. Arm Both Israel and Ukraine Effectively? | WSJ Equipped (January 24, 2024):
https://youtu.be/NZOEgFLCvLU?si=cWYJ1…

NYT – Russia Overcomes Sanctions to Expand Missile Production, Officials Say (September 2023):
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/us…

Forbes – Want 200,000 155mm Artillery Shells A Month For Ukraine? Simplify Production (January 2, 2024):
https://www.forbes.com/sites/craighoo…

The Guardian – ‘Ukraine fatigue’: why I’m fighting to stop the world forgetting us (January 25, 2024):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/202…