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Zelenskyy warns that supply of vital artillery ammunition to Ukraine has 'really slowed down
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Posted on 11/17/2023 10:38:14 AM PST by janetjanet998

In a rare admission, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has gone public about the reduction in the supply of artillery shells to Ukraine, telling reporters that deliveries of the munitions have "really slowed down." The 155mm artillery shells are arguably the most important munition for Ukraine in its war with Russia.. Ukraine has always been outmatched by Russia's superior artillery firepower, however this imbalance, which is key on the battlefield, is set to get worse.

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In a briefing on Thursday, Western officials agreed with an estimate, attributed to Ukrainian officials, that Russia currently produces around a million artillery shells a day.

U.S. arms companies are ramping up production. However, according to The Economist, U.S. output of 155 mm shells in 2025 "is likely to be lower than that of Russia in 2024

1 posted on 11/17/2023 10:38:14 AM PST by janetjanet998
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2 posted on 11/17/2023 10:40:31 AM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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I think Russia produces 1 million shells per month not day

(Some say 1.3,million now)


3 posted on 11/17/2023 10:42:57 AM PST by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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Ruh Roh! Coin flip time. Ukes or Jews? Jews or Ukes? Who gets the artillery shells?

🙏🇺🇸🇮🇱👍


4 posted on 11/17/2023 10:45:36 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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We had more video coverage in a single day from viet nam than we’ve had in ukraine from the start of the operation


5 posted on 11/17/2023 10:49:11 AM PST by stanne
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Can’t make your own


6 posted on 11/17/2023 10:50:36 AM PST by butlerweave
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Regardless of who gets them I know who’s paying for them.


7 posted on 11/17/2023 10:51:00 AM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Roberor thert Heinlein)
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https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/if-west-cuts-aid-ukraine-russia-will-win-if-west-leans-ukraine-can-win


8 posted on 11/17/2023 10:59:19 AM PST by Chad C. Mulligan
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Not our problem, maybe time for him to negotiate a surrender and end the Civil War. And if he’s running out of ammo, maybe he buys some out of his own pocket, he’s enriched himself enough to be able to afford a few rounds for the country.


9 posted on 11/17/2023 11:01:20 AM PST by Reno89519 (It's war. No one murders and takes Americans hostage. Time to act. Declare war on Islamic Hamas.)
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“We had more video coverage in a single day from viet nam than we’ve had in ukraine from the start of the operation”

They never show us anything, just bombard us with crap.


10 posted on 11/17/2023 11:09:02 AM PST by Luke21
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Buyin should adopt this little. weasel. He’d fit right in with the crime family.


11 posted on 11/17/2023 11:13:35 AM PST by Wdempsey (Democrats and slinkys.. Both useless but fun to push down stairs.)
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12 posted on 11/17/2023 11:15:54 AM PST by Allegra (Stop the Zeepers from Censoring FReepers)
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Zelenskyy warns that supply of vital artillery ammunition to Ukraine has 'really slowed down


13 posted on 11/17/2023 11:39:15 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: stanne

You make a valid point.


14 posted on 11/17/2023 11:40:16 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan; All

From the Institute For The Study Of Forever War.


15 posted on 11/17/2023 11:46:07 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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Trade in some of the jewelry and other graft proceeds you and your wife have raked in, you miserable thug. Having said that, LORD have mercy on the people of Ukraine who are “governed” by this abomination.


16 posted on 11/17/2023 11:48:12 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing)
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We had more video coverage in a single day from viet nam than we’ve had in ukraine from the start of the operation


Well, we were at war (in effect) with Vietnam, so there’s that...


17 posted on 11/17/2023 11:49:51 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing)
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“ Well, we were at war (in effect) with Vietnam, so there’s that...”

Are you saying there is a difference?


18 posted on 11/17/2023 11:53:35 AM PST by stanne
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A difference in what? Ukraine and Vietnam, or the fact that Vietnam was never officially a declared war? FWIW, I have always referred to it as the Vietnam War.


19 posted on 11/17/2023 11:57:58 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing)
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Better to send them white flags instead.

20 posted on 11/17/2023 11:58:20 AM PST by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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