Det ser mörkt ut för Ukraina just nu. Stor hopplöshet bland de ukrainska trupperna. Skriande behov av mer manskap och basala saker som fordon och drönare behövs akut säger soldaterna. Mer än Tomahawks.
While the Ukrainian military also lacks prestigious Western-supplied weapons and equipment, soldiers and commanders say the shortage of basic resources — from cars to drones and people — makes it extremely difficult to hold back the relentless Russian offensives. Though Ukraine has been eyeing the U.S. to finally green-light the supply of long-range Tomahawk missiles, those on the ground say the lack of more basic needs is a more pressing issue, and often shortages of critical but more rudimentary equipment play just as decisive a role.
https://kyivindependent.com/more-than-tomahawks-what-ukraines-military-says-it-actually-needs/
170 000 ryska trupper har mobiliserats i Pokrovsk regionen för att inta staden. Endast en liten lucka på 10 kilometer är öppen för de ukrainska trupperna för att föra in förnödenheter i Pokrovsk. Zelensky signalerar ett möjligt tillbakadragande från staden, då Ukraina måste tänka på att spara sina soldater.
Zelensky's comment about the importance of protecting troops could signal a potential withdrawal in the near future. Currently, there is just over a 10-kilometer (six miles) gap for Ukrainian troops to bring in troops and supplies into Pokrovsk, according to the Ukrainian open-source battlefield monitoring group DeepState.
https://kyivindependent.com/https-kyivindependent-com-ukraine-war-latest-update-2025-10-31/
Stor brist på interceptor drönare för att bekämpa de ryska Shahed. Även om de lyckas tillverka tillräckligt många så saknas erfarna drönarpiloter och radarstationer så de lyckas inte bygga ut ett effektivt interceptor försvar.
But more crucially, Ukraine has not managed to integrate the drones produced into a comprehensive air defense system. It’s not that hard to build 500-800 interceptor drones per day — deploying them is a different matter.
"If only they helped," Yuriy Kasianov, a former leader of a deep-strike drone team that was disbanded in October, told the Kyiv Independent.
"It’s impossible to build an effective defense against Shaheds with the help of interceptor drones, since for every drone you need an experienced operator, team, radar station — all of this takes tremendous infrastructure, a lot of funding, and huge dependence on the human factor."
https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-is-promising-500-800-interceptor-drones-per-day-by-november-where-are-they/