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>Russia has the economy of a medium-sized EU nation. The EU is vastly more powerful. This is why GDP is a useless metric. Last year it was reported Russia was
by CapricornNoble 2y ago
>Russia has the economy of a medium-sized EU nation. The EU is vastly more powerful.
This is why GDP is a useless metric. Last year it was reported Russia was manufacturing 3x more artillery shells than the US and whole EU combined.[1] Billion-dollar cosmetics and luxury goods industries don't translate well into battlefield success.
>If the EU wants to, they can give Ukraine everything they need to win.
Except manpower, which Ukraine needs and doesn't have.
[1] https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/10/politics/russia-artillery-shell-production-us-europe-ukraine/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/10/politics/russia-artillery...