Loading military aid for Ukraine at Dover Air Base, USAMOSCOW, 15 Apr. Ukraine is spending too quickly what the United States sent, which exposed the weakness of the American military-industrial complex, Bloomberg analyst Hal Brands said in a material. The Pentagon intends to supply Ukraine with more equipment, including armored personnel carriers and helicopters. However, this diverged from America's original plans — it turned out that on the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine spend a week's supply of anti-tank ammunition, while the troops lack combat aircraft. «, — explained the observer. Germany and Canada have already refused to continue deliveries, as the weapons simply ended, and further assistance would deprive these countries themselves of protection. The states have provided a third of the available Javelin anti-tank missiles and cannot send more to Ukraine — for this it is necessary to increase production, which will take years. The author called the situation in Ukraine a familiar version of the US conflict with Russia or China: American stockpiles of missiles and other precision-guided munitions will last only a few days or weeks, in addition, the States will suffer huge losses in tanks, ships and aircraft.
A Brazilian journalist described how the West is «silencing» dissidents. Brands called the US manufacturing base the key to its victories in two world wars and stressed that America is now deprived of this advantage: the industry is no longer so strong, there are not enough machines, production capacities and labor. One of the reasons for this, the analyst believes, is the colossal US military budget of $750 billion, which is mainly spent on salaries, healthcare and other needs, and not on ammunition and equipment. On February 24, Russia launched a special military operation to demilitarize Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the strikes are carried out only on military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. According to the situation on March 25, the Russian army completed the main task of the first stage — it significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal of the operation in the Russian defense department was called the liberation of Donbass.
