i mean can't Russia blow up any domestic weapons factories like they've done in the past. US just wants to show that they are still very slava ukraini because it will be bad optics to say they're abandoning their ally.

Earlier, the White House announced that the US has no money for further military aid for Ukraine until the adoption of a new package by the US Congress.

Yea sure there is no money for military aid but somehow there is enough money to build weapons factories which require much more upfront capital and is at the risk of being attacked.

[–] Joncash2@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago

The bigger issue is they're saying they're decreasing support as of this year. Even if we ignore the fact that Russia will bomb those factories, factories don't just pop up magically. Often taking years to build in the first place. If the support dries up as of this year, there's no way Ukraine would be able to switch to domestic production.

Essentially what's really being said is Ukraine will be stuck in a stalemate at best for this year and domestic production might support Ukraine enough for future years assuming there are no delays to factory creation. But just look at the chips act to see how well factory creation goes.