Reply To: Russian Tensions
Yves Smith from July
“The Ukraine military is so close to collapse that Russian forces going to Odessa sooner rather than later is a real possibility”
So her opinion is one that I would not hold much store by.
Will the West replace Ukraine’s depleted weapon stocks?
They are pledged to but perhaps not in time to stop the expected Russian offensive. But the longer the Russians delay such an assault, the more time there is for Ukraine to replenish its forces.
But as this is a proxy war, the West will deploy more of their reserves for instance such as from the USA arms dumps in Israel
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366072
Around the world, the US has many such reserve depots to tap.