countries do. now, they re getting 155 millimeter shells, which is the nato standard. they re becoming an almost nato peer army in the midst of this. this is bad news for russia. russia is not just suffering from a manpower shortage. they re also suffering from a firepower shortage. i spoke to the deputy defense minister of ukraine last week. interesting statistic. he said of all the things that have been shot into the air that we have taken down, cruise missiles, aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, 90% of the guts of these munitions, the electronics, are manufactured in two places. guess where. the united states and europe, right? dual-use electronics. sanctions are going to have a big impact on russia s ability to restock. again, i don t see how they do what they want to do. might have minimal gains, tactical victories here or there, take a settlement. but mariupol has not fallen. the size of the facility is
it is the human dimension, it is so much more powerful and important than the material or technical part. this is why i think ukraine is going to win in the end. they have got time on their side, logistical situation is getting better by the day. russians have a manpower shortage. i ammunition shortage that will start showing soon. and they have got the whole world turned against them. they do. they have a lot of support, but most definitely, but a lack of information as well it is coming from russia. but that is quite a stark assessment, general, that you believe ukraine will win in the end, because in those first days, there was this inevitability with the size of the russian military, that they would eventually achieve their military aims, and are you thinking about a particular timeline when you
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pictures. we also saw quentin somerville s report from the front line and he describes a different type of battle, a bottle of wills. and a former retired commanding general of the army in europe watch that report and he had this to say. the human dimension is so much more the human dimension is so much more powerful and important than more powerful and important than the more powerful and important than the material or technical part than the material or technical part this than the material or technical part. this is why i think that ukraine part. this is why i think that ukraine is part. this is why i think that ukraine is going to win in the end ukraine is going to win in the end they ukraine is going to win in the end. they have time on their side, end. they have time on their side, the end. they have time on their side, the logistical situation is getting better by the day and the is getting better by the day and the russians have a manpower shortage, i think