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To: combjelly who wrote (73053)	12/20/2025 8:38:20 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 73072

Russia has allies that want to exploit its troubles for their benefit. This was a fews days back on DT: China hikes drone part prices to Russia amid growing reliance digitimes.com

To: combjelly who wrote (73053)	12/21/2025 4:52:43 AM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 73072

re: Irellevant. Ukraine has allies helping out. What is relevant, that the "allies" are at the end of the rope as far as helping out. Ukraine has a need of ~$50 billion to $100 billion a year from outside inflows of cash, to keep afloat. Once it stops, it is instant collapse with hyperinflation. The US is now down to $400m / year aid to Ukraine, which is between 0.4 and 0.8% of Ukraine's needs. Meaning EU has to provide 99% of the funds. EU just cannot bear this burden on top of its severe budgetary and debt / GDP problems. re: There is little evidence that Russian logistics have improved. All indications are things have gotten worse. I mean, they have been reduced to using horses, bicycles and even golf carts to move troops on the battlefield. Just like in WWI. Ok, maybe not the golf carts. You are confusing military tactics - light infantry using these types of vehicles in assault operations - with logistics. Bulk of logistics, on both sides, is performed by trains. Both sides inherited extensive network from Soviet Union. What people stuck in 1990-2000 thinking of Iraq war consider to be "good logistics" - a column of trucks is far less efficient than railroad based logistics for longer distances. What was considered to be a pinnacle of logistics in Iraq war has turned into Achilles heel for the last mile, in the age of drone warfare. Neither side has a good solution. Supply routes are cemeteries, lined with these trucks destroyed by drones. Russia introduced netting over major arteries, which Ukraine quickly copied, but it is not foolproof. One hole in miles long netting is enough to defeat it. The direction is to switch to cargo drones, will likely quickly shift from experimental solution to possibly a predominant method within a year. As with the drone warfare, where Russia has moved to dominant position, the same will happen with drone logistics. But you are unlikely to hear about it inside the information silo.