Ukrainian Equipment Losses and Resupply (2024): Allied support, captured equipment & endurance

Sponsored by Private Internet Access, Use the following link to access their promotional offer: www.piavpn.com/Perun As noted in the description, this video is intended as the companion piece to the video on Russian equipment losses and reserves released two weeks ago and they should probably be considered together. I think the broad observation here is that the Ukrainian military has been sustained and is being steadily transitioned to NATO equipment by foreign assistance over time, but still finds itself facing shortages, uncertainty over its pipeline and various other challenges that mean it still remains in a period of relative vulnerability even if it's proven capable of maintaining a pattern of hard defensive fighting through much of this year. How the pipeline develops may help determine the trajectory of Ukrainian combat power over time. I'll also note that certain system categories (including artillery and air defences) really do merit their own detailed look as part of a more focused study, so you may see a closer look at them in the coming weeks and months.

"Here is a picture of a vehicle whose turret is presumably trying out a new career as an anti satellite weapon" Haha, Love it.

The one we don't like to hear, but need to hear. Thanks for the straight shootin' as always Mr. Australian PowerPoint man.

The Swedish Gripen's were put on hold when the western allies asked Sweden to wait until Ukraine had implemented the F16's. This to simplify implementation and logistics. Kind of a shame imo but there is logic there.

Great timing. Was about to start cleaning the flat and now i am perfectly informed and entertained while doing it.

44:40 - When you look at the normal Costs of having a vehicle like the M113 “decommissioned”(scrapped), donation to Ukraine makes OH-so-much-sense. Just a quick servicing, ensure it’s functional, and load it onto a transport to Europe. After learning about the situation for regular transport vehicles in Ukraine, those medical version 113s are especially valuable to the Ukrainians. I’ve worked for a contractor to the US Government that worked on decommissioning projects. There’s a SUBSTANTIAL cost to it on the part of the government, due to things like environment regs, customs/export rules, etc., donation as an alternative might even be saving us money, on balance.

Now that iv caught up on all the episodes from the last 3 years, it takes so long for Sunday to come around. Always worth the wait 🎉

There do so many talking heads on this subject that I have grown to loathe. Perun is one of the few I can watch with his data driven analysis that is actually sourced. Keep going man.

9:48 Perfect Perun dry humor 😊

While PTSD is a issue for any military in a war, Ukrainian mechanics and the logistics departments (having to maintain all the various nations' "donations") might be more stressed than some combat troops.....

One of very few channels that I don't skip past the ads for. Get that money.

I've been hearing "Ukraine is going to be getting F16s as soon as the end of the month" for more than a year. It's starting to sound like "everything in the store is up to 90 percent off."

Bring on the Sunday Powerpoint!

0:00 “Mission Accomplished” banner hanging on the Admiral Kuznetsov

The most frustrating part of this is that the USA would save themselves billions of dollars by shipping out equipment and armaments to Ukraine as it approaches end-of-life. That stuff costs lots of dollars to store so sending it to Ukraine is the best choice.

Beyond the Poland brigade training, there was an idea I saw floated a while back but haven't seen anything done with it since: let people considering signing up choose their MOS. Guarantee them: 1) If you qualify for your MOS, you serve in your MOS for your entire service period. 2) You cannot be transferred to any other MOS. 3) Serving in your MOS makes you immune from conscription. 4) If you do not qualify for your MOS, you're free to leave at any time (potentially even letting overseas Ukrainians of draft age return overseas if they fail to qualify). I'd think that'd lead to a huge surge in recruitment. Tons of people want to help but don't want to serve in trenches. Many have specific skillsets but think those skills would be wasted as a general grunt in a trench. Pilots, drone hobbyists, programmers, engineers, truck drivers, your name it. One example that really drives this home for me was watching Denys Davydov - commercial pilot and self professed coward who would never serve in the Ukrainian military, as much as he wants to see Ukraine win, out fear of just being sent to a trench and getting killed - in a video where he was covering how Ukrainian pilots in WWII-era planes were shooting down drones with shotguns. He was practically giddy describing it and sounded like he wished so much that he could be doing that. So you know... why not create an environment where people with varying skillsets can offer to serve in just that skillset ? It should be a massive boost in service rates.

There's one more category of countries that offered aid - those that sent agricultural vehicles of a highly unusual configuration and uncertain use, except perhaps for VERY long range plowing of fields. Romania and Bulgaria are in this category, I believe.

Power point is back on the menu boys!

Thank you Perun. Sorry I cannot economically support you but I am very thankful of your work.

"Without sufficient mine clearing equipment or ATACMS to suppress enemy attack helicopters" was said so matter of factly that I had to back up and make sure I'd heard that right. God dammit Perun, I love your humour!