US Launders Escalation Through Europe as Russia Buries Ukraine in Missiles & Drones

Update on the conflict in Ukraine for May 27, 2025…

• As the US seeks to transfer its proxy war to Europe and freeze it as it pivots to China as part of “strategic sequencing,” Russia continues expanding military industrial production and is intensifying its strategy of attrition in Ukraine;

• Western media admits Russia possesses advantages in drone warfare, manpower, and missile production;;

• Meanwhile, US efforts to expand its own military industrial production and that of its European proxies is falling far short;

• Despite efforts to expand Patriot missile production, Russia is producing as many Iskander ballistic missiles as the US is producing interceptors;

References:

Politico – Merz lifts range limits on Ukraine weapons to hit targets inside Russia (May 26, 2025):
https://www.politico.eu/article/germa…

Washington Post – Trump softens on Putin as Russia’s military edge weakens, officials say (May 25, 2025):
https://archive.ph/G2dGc

NYT – The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin (Feb. 2024):
https://archive.ph/V3V2O

NYT – The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine (Mar. 29, 2025):
https://archive.ph/QbwmT

US DoD – Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Feb. 12, 2025):
https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches…

WSJ – The Russian Military Moves That Have Europe on Edge (Apr. 27, 2025):
https://archive.ph/yp9iI

Kyiv Independent – Inside Ukraine’s desperate race to train more soldiers (Apr. 4, 2025):
https://kyivindependent.com/inside-uk…

Newsweek – Russia Might Run Out of Weapons, Ammunition By End of Year: Report (Aug. 2022):
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-might…

Newsweek – Russia Could Run Out of Tanks by 2026: Report (Feb. 13, 2025):
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-tanks…

Oryx – Attack On Europe: Documenting Russian Equipment Losses During The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine:
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02…

IISS – Russian T-90M production: less than meets the eye (Jun. 2024):
https://www.iiss.org/online-analysis/…

BI – Russia on track to build artillery shell stockpile triple the size of the US’s and Europe’s combined: top US general (Apr 2025):
https://www.businessinsider.com/russi…

TWZ – Shell Game: Inside The Worldwide TNT Shortage (May 12, 2025):
https://www.twz.com/land/shell-game-t…

WaPo – Ukraine scrambles to overcome Russia’s edge in fiber-optic drones (May 23, 2025):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/…

Militarnyi (Ukraine-based) – In Russia, Shahed drones are assembled in a completely new workshop (Mar. 2024):
https://militarnyi.com/en/news/in-rus…

Lockheed Martin – Lockheed Martin’s PAC-3 MSE Achieves Record Production Year (Mar. 24, 2025):
https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/…

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

Army Recognition – Ukrainian Intelligence Reveals Russia’s Missile Production Surge Despite Sanctions (Dec. 2024):
https://armyrecognition.com/focus-ana…

NYT – U.S. Officials Confirm Damage to Patriot Defense System in Kyiv Attack (May 2023):
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/05/…
https://archive.ph/fU1I6

Euromaidan Press – Russian MiG-31K carrying Kinzhal missiles absent from Ukrainian skies for three weeks (Feb. 2025):
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/02/2…

NYT – Russia’s Swift March Forward in Ukraine’s East (Oct. 2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2… https://archive.ph/EMQvX