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Some mainstream news outlets estimate roughly 30% of the weapons we ship to Ukraine actually end up in the fight against Russia. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/

Some mainstream news outlets estimate roughly 30% of the weapons we ship to Ukraine actually end up in the fight against Russia. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/arming-ukraine-cbs-reports/ https://www.cbsnews.com/video/arming-ukraine-cbs-reports/ I tend to lean towards "there's no way to make a reasonable estimate at all" given the lack of oversight, as reported by other mainstream news organizations. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/19/politics/us-weapons-ukraine-intelligence/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/19/politics/us-weapons-ukraine-i... Unfortunately many are blinded to reality by their zealotry on the issue. Others understand the truth, but believe statements of objective reality that don't "support the effort" should never be uttered because it hurts the cause or "echoes Russian propaganda". The truth is that the "fog of war" is a very real thing in every conflict and it is foolish to make definitive statements one way or the other.

_kbh_ 4y ago
> Some mainstream news outlets estimate roughly 30% of the weapons we ship to Ukraine actually end up in the fight against Russia. This statistic is from a sample size of 1, and comes from a single person working at a NGO and relates to _non-military_ aid early in the war. CBS is driving up clicks by posting fake news.
- StanislavPetrov 4y ago
  The real fake news is coming from people who claim to definitively know what is happening in the war zone.
  - _kbh_ 4y ago
    > The real fake news is coming from people who claim to definitively know what is happening in the war zone. So you are conceding that the CBS article could be fake news as they are trying to claim what is happening in a war zone?. My opinion is based off the response from the organisation that CBS interviewed.