Washington’s Downed Drone + Growing Admissions of Ukraine’s Military Deterioration

Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for March 16, 2023: - Russian warplanes intercepted and apparently clipped the propeller of a US MQ-9 drone carrying out surveillance near Crimea; - The US has no means of recovering the drone, though Russia may have an opportunity to recover it; - While the drone operated in international airspace according to the US, it was collecting intelligence on behalf of Ukraine as part of ongoing hostilities, as a party of the conflict and thus threatening Russian national security; - Bakhmut continues to face encirclement; - The Western media has begun admitting to the grim deterioration of Ukraine’s forces under the weight of Russia’s strategy of attrition; - Ukraine has lost the majority of troops trained by NATO over the last 8-9 years; - Ongoing NATO training is rushed, incapable of meeting or exceeding Russia’s pool of trained manpower; - Ammunition and weapons are also admittedly running out;