Ukraine’s Manpower Crisis: No Amount of Money or Aid Can Solve It

- Ukraine is suffering from a growing military manpower crisis in addition to a lack of arms and ammunition; - Trained military manpower takes up to half a year to produce, new brigade-sized units can take up to 30 months to stand up; - Ukraine and its Western sponsors simply cannot produce trained military manpower faster than Russia is removing it from the battlefield; - This leaves the collective West with the choice of either accepting it has lost its proxy war with Russia, or attempting to intervene more directly; References: NEO - Ukraine’s Manpower Crisis: No Amount of Money or Aid Can Solve It (March 5, 2024): The Kyiv Independent - Ukraine struggles to ramp up mobilization as Russia’s war enters 3rd year (March 3, 2024): The Washington Post - Front-line Ukrainian infantry units report acute shortage of soldiers (February 8, 2024): US Department of Defense - The National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS) (2023-2024): NEO - Fatal Flaws Undermine America’s Defense Industrial Base (February 15, 2024): US Department of Defense - Press Release: Evaluation of Sustainment Strategies for the Patriot Air Defense Systems Transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces (DODIG-2024-056) and Evaluation of the DoD’s Sustainment Plan for Bradley, Stryker, and Abrams Armored Weapon Systems (February 20, 2024): Reuters - Ukraine considers proposal by army to mobilise another 500,000 for war (December 2023): Reuters - Who are the forces involved in Ukraine’s counteroffensive? (June 2023): US DoD - Defense Officials Hold Media Brief on the Training of Ukrainian Military (March 2022): The US Army War College Quarterly - Expanding Brigade Combat Teams: IS the Training Base Adequate? (2017): Where to Find My Work: Website: Telegram: Twitter: Odysee (YouTube alternative): @LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): Weibo: ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): Line Group: Gab: VK (Facebook alternative): How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: Patreon: PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR