Will French Jets, Additional US Arms Help Change the Tide in Ukraine?

Update on the conflict in Ukraine for June 9, 2024…

– The collective West, as a substitute for useful military assistance such as artillery systems, ammunition, armor, and air defenses, continue to announce transfers of impractical hardware including aging warplanes that will take years to be deployed properly;

– In addition to US-made F-16s, France is now announcing it will transfer Mirage 2000-5 warplanes, antiquated 1980s airframes necessitating different training, maintenance, and sustainment requirements than F-16s;

– The addition of different airframes represents the continued complication of Ukrainian training, maintenance, logistics, and sustainment efforts, similar to complications surrounding Ukraine’s attempt to field multiple types of Western main battle tanks;

– Western nations continue “training” Ukrainian conscripts despite Western training proven demonstratably insufficient for the type of warfare taking place in Ukraine;

– Attempts to bolster ammunition production remain at the contractual stage, with future orders depending on production facilities that have yet to be built;

References:

Washington Post – Outages shroud Ukraine as Russian strikes on power plants take their toll (June 6, 2024):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/…

US Defense Department – Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine (June 7, 2024):
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases…

Defense Post – US to Sell $138M in Urgent Military Upgrades to Ukraine (April 2024):
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2024/0…

Washington Post – Ukraine Marines recount deadly mission to free towns east of Dnieper River (January 2024):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/…

France 24 – Macron to supply Ukraine with Mirage 2000-5 warplanes and train pilots and troops in France (June 6, 2024):
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news…

Politico – Ukraine frustrated with US over F-16 pilot training (June 5, 2024):
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06…

Kyiv Independent – Germany procures more artillery shells for Ukraine (June 6, 2024):
https://kyivindependent.com/germany-p…

The New Atlas – Ukraine’s Manpower Crisis: No Amount of Money or Aid Can Solve It (March 2024):
 • Ukraine’s Manpower Crisis: No Amount …  

Business Insider – Western fighters in Ukraine are getting killed because they assumed the war would be easy, says a US veteran who fought there (May 23, 2024):
https://www.businessinsider.com/weste…