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Ukraine has enough resources and weapons to resist Russia throughout the first half of 2025, even if Washington halts aid to Kyiv, Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said in an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Pais published Wednesday.

I believe we have enough resources, enough weapons, enough missiles, and enough artillery shells to resist, at least in the first half of 2025. We will allocate sufficient budget funds to purchase ammunition and the necessary military equipment in 2025. Right now, we’re receiving the required weapons from the U.S. This means that, at least for the first half of the year and beyond, we’ll be well-equipped to resist aggression.

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  • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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    20 hours ago

    Have they not been able to build factory’s during the war. Or has every one they tried been destroyed before being finished?

    Honestly curious, I don’t know what thier infrastructure is like. It always seemed odd to me to be 100% reliant on other countries.
    Or am I just way off?

    • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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      9 hours ago

      They are not 100% reliant on other countries, they produce lots of weapons and ammunition themselves, they just can’t match what Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea combined can produce on their own.