The Russian-Ukrainian War Thread

[Fredled]

Half the budget of Ukraine is paid by foreign countries. What is the definition of "precarious" in your universe?

You ar right to write "foreign countries" in plural. Aid to Ukraine is much more stable than aid to Russia. Ukraine is helped by many countries from North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific. Thanks to this, if one donor decides to stop the aid (e.g. the US) and all the others keep donating, they still get enough to stay afloat.

By contrast, if China pulls the plug, it's "game over" for the Putin's regime instantly.

 

[rsemmes]

You ar right to write "foreign countries" in plural. Aid to Ukraine is much more stable than aid to Russia. Ukraine is helped by many countries from North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific. Thanks to this, if one donor decides to stop the aid (e.g. the US) and all the others keep donating, they still get enough to stay afloat.
By contrast, if China pulls the plug, it's "game over" for the Putin's regime instantly.

Because China is, and has been, paying half the Russian budget?
In your universe?

 

[rsemmes]

Is the crossroad front, Nova Poltavka, starting to crumble?

Kalibrated Ukraine Map - Google My Maps

Kalibrated Maps is developed by (https://x.com/squatsons) ). It was created with the aim of providing a publicly available but accurate control map of Ukraine. The map is updated based on confirmed information but it is still under development and may have some mistakes.

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Kalibrated is, usually, more than a bit optimistic, but I got this.

https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/images/map-russo-ukraine-20250514-05.jpg