Ukraines defense is crumbling. Russian attacks are more lethal than
ever.
For the last two years Ukraine has been able to
hold the Fort,
but now it seems like its defense is caving in.
And why are we saying that?
Because Ukraine is shooting down a far smaller proportion of
Russian missile attacks that it was earlier in the war.
Have a look at these numbers.
In the past six months Ukraine managed to intercept around
46% of Russian missiles. Last month this figure further fell
to 30%.
A year ago the interception rates stood up
73%. As you can see,
there has been a seed fall in Ukraines ability to
block Russian missiles.
This is according to Western Medias analysis of Ukraines own
data.
Russia, meanwhile, has significantly ramped up its assault.
Over the past six months.
Moscow fired around 45% more drones and missiles than in
the six months before.
It also doubled the number of Shahid drones attacks
over
2600, To be specific. It also fired
114 ballistic and 46 hypersonic Kinzol and Zircon missiles.
Last year the figures were 33 and 27.
On top of that, Moscow has also repurposed air defense
systems to attack Ukraine and use them to fire
175 missiles into Ukraine. This year alone,
we are talking about S300 and S400 air defense systems
here.
And how much of it was Ukraine able to intercept?
Its pitiful, to say the least.
It could shoot down just 10%
of the ballistic missiles. And As for S300 and S400
missiles,
it has failed to intercept any of them,
not even a single one.
And why is that? Why is Ukraines defense failing so
massively?
You see, the western supplied Patriot systems are Ukraines only
reliable way to shoot down ballistic
S300 and hypersonic missiles. But Kiev has only a handful
of them
and to top it off,
it has exhausted the ammunition used in these Simpsons in
these systems.
Russia meanwhile is increasingly firing harder to hit weapons,
and with that its not only destroying Ukrainian infrastructure and
cities,
but also sapping Kievs already sparse supply of missiles.
And what is Ukraine doing about all of this,
where there is little it can do but wait for
the West to send more patriots?
And this, by the way,
can take anywhere between two months
and several years, depending on whether they will come from
existing stockpiles or manufactured on fresh orders.
The air war may now come down to which side
can outlast the other on missile supplies,
and the odds don't seem to be in Ukraines favor
it is dependent on its Western allies,
which are struggling to send missiles on time.
Russia on the other hand,
has its own stockpiles and its also capable of producing
170 missiles every month.
Not to forget the drones and missiles it is getting
from its allies.
And if the numbers are to be believed,
Russia is dominating the battlefield.
Then what explains what's going on on the political front?
If things are going well for Russia,
why is Putin shaking up the Kremlin security team?
That's right, he has sacked Sergei Shoigu
from his long time position as the countries defense Minister.
Nobody saw this coming. He is a long standing Putin
confidant.
He has served as the defense Minister for over 11
years.
Now Shoigu will lead Russia Security and Defense Council.
Its a consultative body that advises the president.
But what is the reason behind this?
We cannot see.
But there are signs that cannot be ignored.
Last month itself Russian officials opened a ground shaking criminal
case into one of Shoigu's deputies.
I'm talking about Timur. Even off,
he oversaw military construction projects,
including the rebuilding of the destroyed Ukrainian city of Mariupol,
now occupied by Russia.
For years he lived high on the hog,
flaunted his access to Saint Tropez villas,
yachts, Rolls Royces until last month,
when he got arrested for allegedly taking brides worth $11
million.
Now this was an ominous sign for Shoigu because Shoigu
is himself no stranger to luxury.
In fact, according to an investigation by anti corruption campaigners,
he lived in a $15 million
pagora style complex outside Mocks Moscow.
It was registered to his sisterinlaw and built on land
bought by his 18 year old daughter.
I don't need to spell this out.
The Mansions ownership was disguised.
What's more, since the Ukraine war broke out in
2022, the armed forces against under Shoigu.
The armed forces under Shoigu have been plagued by rumors
of careless spending,
mishandling resources, and incompetence.
And now President Putin has stepped in to replace him
with an experience technocrat.
The reigns of the Defense Ministry will now go to
former Vice Prime Minister Andrei Birosov.
He previously served as the Economic Development Minister and an
advisor to Putin.
The Kremlin indicated that Bella Serve was the man for
the job
as military spending ballooned to
6.6% of the Russian GDP.
Bellasis appointment means that Shoigu moves to head the Security
Council.
Despite the sense that Shoigu has been ousted,
he will still remain in a high-ranking position.
The question is, is Putin trying to keep Shoigu close,
yet detached from the system?
Who's to say to stay up to speed with the
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