I repeat: Article Five is not worth much under these people. Act accordingly. “Vance on Thursday night suggested that the Trump admin could reconsider its military presence in Germany, tying continued…defense commitments to Berlin’s stance on free speech” www.politico.eu/article/vanc...
— Shashank Joshi (@shashj.bsky.social) 21 February 2025 at 14:46
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One day the US is going to discover how difficult & expensive it is to project military power around the world without the benefit of enormous bases and logistical hubs in Germany.
— Shashank Joshi (@shashj.bsky.social) 21 February 2025 at 14:48
This is an excellent and timely factsheet on Ukraine, U.S. v. European security assistance, and other misunderstood or lied about aspects of the war, by our friends at @thestudyofwar.bsky.social. I'll summarize a few main points below, with additional sources of my own:
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss.bsky.social) 22 February 2025 at 06:50
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Russia's advances have slowed considerably in the last few months. It was taking, on average, 28 sq km per day in November; it took 16 sq km in January. Why is this?
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss.bsky.social) 22 February 2025 at 06:50
Russians are suffering severe manpower and equipment losses and Ukraine is causing them greater pain with its fleet of domestically sourced FPV drones, which now include fiber-optic wire-guided drones to evade electronic warfare.
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss.bsky.social) 22 February 2025 at 06:50
Such is the state of Russia's army, its soldiers are now using donkeys to transport ammunition to the frontlines: independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss.bsky.social) 22 February 2025 at 06:50
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Of course, Russia still has its own formidable capabilities and advantages on the battlefield, especially in glide bombs and drones: it, too, deploys fiber-optic wire-guided FPVs.
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss.bsky.social) 22 February 2025 at 06:50
But, as @Jack_Watling , one of the best military analysts of the war has noted, the "Russian military is massively underperforming, largely because of the poor quality of its [third big advantage] infantry and a lack of lower-level command and control." theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss.bsky.social) 22 February 2025 at 06:50
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