The article points to an idea I had not considered: That the reason we see so many ancient pieces of gear and vehicles in Ukraine is not entirely due to shorta

The article points to an idea I had not considered: That the reason we see so many ancient pieces of gear and vehicles in Ukraine is not entirely due to shortages and the kleptocracy. Rather that the various elements (Prigozhin, Kadyrov, army officers, etc) are intentionally holding back the good stuff for the eventual knife-fight for power after Vlad. If true, then the collapse of the Russian Federation is much further along than I had realized. I would have thought that these consolidation moves would occur in the spring after the last gasp of Russian offensive power had been exhausted. That they may have been occurring this whole summer points that Vlad's doom may occur before the end of the year.