MicroWave5d ago

Trump snubs Zelensky’s offer to help US with drone tech and lashes out at him again

https://lemmy.world/post/44306030

Trump snubs Zelensky’s offer to help US with drone tech and lashes out at him again - Lemmy.World

Donald Trump made clear that his personal grudge with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky hasn’t abated during a phone interview with NBC News. Speaking with Meet the Press anchor Kristen Welker on Saturday, the president knocked Zelensky for offering assistance to the U.S. and Middle Eastern countries, the latter of which the Ukrainian president said on Friday were seeking his aid in sharing drone detection technology. The “last person we need help from is Zelensky,” Trump told Welker.

Show threadgivesomefucks5d ago

Ukraine is winning because they found cheaper drone defenses than drones…

Were burning thru our sophisticated interceptors because we’re wasting them on drones 1/100th the prices.

Iran just has to keep pumping out the same drones they’ve been sending to Russia.

Like, Ukraine is literally the one government that knows how to win this kind of war.

Show threadhotshot5d ago
Ukraine unfortunately is not winning and is in serious trouble.
Show threadAnchoriteMagus5d ago

“Serious trouble” is holding the world’s supposed second most powerful military to a gain of only 0.8% of Ukraine’s territory after the initial invasion?

“Serious trouble” is a 27:1 casualty ratio in Ukraine’s favor, with over 1.2 million dead or wounded on Russia’s side?

If you believe that, I’ve got a bridge over the Volga to sell you.

Show threadperestroika5d ago

Serious trouble” is a 27:1 casualty ratio in Ukraine’s favor,

Your other points are true. This, sadly, is not. The situation is at best 4:1, in bad sectors, 3:1. It also varies - wounded Russian soldiers tend to die of their wounds far more often than wounded Ukrainian soldiers.

However, if it was 2.7:1, it was too pessimistic.

Edit: link for people who keep downvoting without a clue. CSIS thinks the ratio is more pessimistic. They mention numbers like 2.1 : 1 and 2.5 : 1.

Russia’s Grinding War in Ukraine

Despite claims of success in Ukraine, new CSIS data shows that Russia is paying an extraordinary price for minimal gains, with over 1.2 million casualties. Russia is also in decline as a major economic power with slow growth, weak productivity, and declining manufacturing.

Show threadAnchoriteMagus4d ago
independent.co.uk/…/ukraine-kills-27-russian-sold…
Ukraine killed 27 Russian soldiers for every loss as it regained Kupiansk

The Independent
Show threadperestroika

It is nice to know that it has gone exceptionally well for Ukraine in Kupyansk. Meanwhile:

www.csis.org/…/russias-grinding-war-ukraine

Russian battlefield casualties and fatalities are significantly greater than Ukrainian casualties and fatalities—with a ratio of roughly 2.5:1 or 2:1.

That’s the opinon of the Center for Strategic Studies.

Russia’s Grinding War in Ukraine

Despite claims of success in Ukraine, new CSIS data shows that Russia is paying an extraordinary price for minimal gains, with over 1.2 million casualties. Russia is also in decline as a major economic power with slow growth, weak productivity, and declining manufacturing.

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