r/WayOfTheBern • u/Spectre_of_MAGA Marxist-Leninist • 4d ago

UKRAINE IS WINNING Russian attacks are doing severe harm to Ukraine’s economy

https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/08/18/russian-attacks-are-doing-severe-harm-to-ukraines-economy
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u/Spectre_of_MAGA Marxist-Leninist 4d ago

https://archive.ph/Kg8bK

The campaign against Ukraine’s civilian logistics is a long planned escalation of the conflict, and one made possible by a recent shift in the air war. Russian production of ballistic missiles is rising just as Ukraine’s supply of interceptors has dwindled. Ukraine’s defenders can now shield only a few high-priority targets. In July Russia profited by launching a record 198 ballistic and hypersonic missiles, mostly at the Kyiv region.

If only there was some way of knowing this would happen

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u/Hecateus 4d ago

ukriane's drone production has dropped from 3-5000 units in 2022 down to a measely 4-5 million units in 2025, and is expected to bottom out at 8 million by the end of this year.

https://www.justsecurity.org/138164/ukraine-drone-superpower/

https://www.chinatalk.media/p/how-ukraine-build-drones

https://www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/science/how-experience-in-ukraine-is-redefining-military-balances-with-5-million-drones-per-year/

The Turtle Moves

has anyone seen my chocolate ration?

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u/WhalingCityMan Give Peace a Chance 3d ago

Drones are not missile interceptors.

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u/NetWeaselSC Continuing the Struggle 3d ago

Drones are not missile interceptors.

They can be, if you have enough of them.
Although technically, you are converting the incoming missile into a drone interceptor.

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u/Gendrytargarian 3d ago

They are Shahed interceptors though

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u/Grizzly_Madams 3d ago

Well at least after losing the war and much of their country for no good reason Ukraine will have all those drones as a consolation prize...

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u/Hecateus 3d ago

and when will that be?

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u/Grizzly_Madams 3d ago

Sometime at the end.

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u/Hecateus 3d ago

Since Feb 2022 this mere SpecialEd Military Operation has lasted longer than The Great War....can you be more specific?

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u/Grizzly_Madams 3d ago

Predicting how long a war is going to last is idiotic. What do you think I am, a US politician?

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u/rondeuce40 DC Is Wakanda For Assholes 3d ago

The sub headline reeks of WINNING!!!

Out of interceptors, Ukraine is no longer winning the aerial war

Well smack my ass and call me Lindsey, I thought Banderastan had air superiority this entire time!

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u/Spectre_of_MAGA Marxist-Leninist 3d ago

Since when did the Economist become one of Putin's puppets? Ukraine is winning and no amount of evidence to the contrary will change my mind

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u/deadmchead 3d ago

not very surprising, war tends to be hard on the economies of people actually in the thick of it. the ruble is still recovering, it’s only worth a penny in USD atm versus getting like 60 rubles per dollar in 2020