West Admits Ukraine is Losing, Encourages Ukrainians to Fight on Anyway

- Western media admits Ukraine is losing ground and suffering from growing manpower, arms, and ammunition shortages; - After US-European pledges to increase artillery shell production, both have fallen far short of their targets and will be producing less ammunition in 2026 than Russia is producing now; - Western policymakers promoting claims that robots, automation, and simplifying manufacturing can allow the West to match Russian and Chinese production are unrealistic; References: SITREP BBC - Europe must brace for decade of Ukraine war - Nato chief (July 19, 2024): https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c03l9eky1p9o Politico - Top NATO general praises Ukraine’s ‘great’ war strategy (July 19, 2024): https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-has-great-war-strategy-but-needs-to-be-able-to-prosecute-it-top-nato-general-says/ CNN - The West finally allowed Ukraine to strike back at Russia — and it seems to be working (July 15, 2024): https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/14/europe/western-weapons-ukraine-russia-intl-cmd/index.html Artillery Shells RFE/RL - EU Shell-Production Capacity, Supplies To Ukraine Fall Far Short Of Promises (July 8, 2024): https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-weapons-shells-european-union-eu-war-russia-investigation/33025300.html Reuters - Years of miscalculations by U.S., NATO led to dire shell shortage in Ukraine (July 19, 2024): https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-artillery/ Drone Warfare Forbes - Supply Chain Drones: Novelty Or News? (June 20, 2024): https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinomarah/2024/06/20/supply-chain-drones-novelty-or-news/ Phys dot Org - AI-enhanced model predicts wheat health across diverse soils using drone data (December 2023): https://phys.org/news/2023-12-ai-enhanced-wheat-health-diverse-soils.html#google_vignette Business Insider - Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt quietly created a company called White Stork, which plans to build AI-powered attack drones, report says (January 2024): https://www.businessinsider.com/google-eric-schmidt-ai-attack-drones-white-stork-2024-1 Business Insider - Eric Schmidt is poaching from Apple, SpaceX, and Google for his secretive AI military drone project (June 2024): https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-schmidt-poaches-apple-spacex-google-ai-drones-report-2024-6 Politico - ‘Our Oppenheimer moment’ — In Ukraine, the robot wars have already begun (May 2024): https://www.politico.eu/article/robots-coming-ukraine-testing-ground-ai-artificial-intelligence-powered-combat-war-russia/ Guardian - AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: autonomous weapons enter the battlefield (July 14, 2024): https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/14/ais-oppenheimer-moment-autonomous-weapons-enter-the-battlefield Robots and Skilled Labor Statista - China Leads Growth of Global Industrial Robot Stock (November 2023): https://www.statista.com/chart/31337/new-installations-of-industrial-robots-by-country/ European Commission - World Robotics Report 2020 by International Federation of Robots (January 2021): https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/rtd/items/700621/en Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR