Of the 1 million shells, only 60,000 were produced, and Biden was terrified, for fear that the US military would have a hard fight with the Russian army.
Right now, Zelensky is in a bad situation, and NATO, led by the United States, is also in a bad situation.
According to a Reuters report, a person familiar with the matter broke the news that the EU promised to provide Ukraine with 1 million 155mm artillery shells, and only 60,000 have been produced so far. In addition, there are still 300,000 in the inventory of European countries, and the EU also intends to buy 120,000 pieces, that is, a maximum of 480,000 pieces will be delivered to Ukraine this year, less than half of the expected ones.
Many of the old developed countries are in the EU, so why can't they even reach half of what is expected?There are two reasons: one is that military enterprises do not consider 155-mm artillery shells to be the core of future wars, so there are few related production lines, and it is difficult to undertake large-scale production tasks;Second, many European countries are facing economic problems, and they cannot have enough to eat, so they do not increase orders to arms companies. In short, European countries will be able to come up with so much.
This caused unease in the United States. Biden has repeatedly stressed in Congress that Putin cannot be allowed to win, otherwise the United States will directly go to war with Russia. In Biden's view, these European countries can't count on it at all, and they will give the old bottom to Ukraine, in case Ukraine loses, won't they all become the white flag talkers?So Biden believes that after the defeat of Ukraine, Russia will definitely bite the United States. So, Biden is worried about the future of the United States. As the number one military power, what is the United States worried about?
For a long time, we have always believed that what the United States fears is Russia's nuclear **, and what the United States fears is nuclear war. But you must know that the nuclear forces of the United States are no worse than those of Russia, and between the two nuclear powers, nuclear ** should only have a deterrent effect and cannot be used in actual combat. When it comes to conventional warfare, Russia's performance on the battlefield is very stretched, and the former chief of staff of the US Army once pointed out that Russia has fallen behind, and only China is worthy of being the opponent of the US military.
But, then again, the United States can only guarantee that it will not use nuclear weapons, and it cannot guarantee that Russia will not use nuclear weapons, because there is one place in Russia that is much stronger than the United States, and what the United States is really afraid of, and that is national cohesion.
According to sources, Putin's popular approval rating is only about 40 percent, which is not at all as exaggerated as the % said on the Internet, and many people still have opinions about Putin in Russia. However, for the special military operation, the Russians are very supportive, and there is not much opposition in the whole country. Because all Russians know that if they don't fight again, NATO will expand to their doorstep, and then Russia will never be at peace. In the face of the red line issue, the Russians have shown amazing cohesion, the country, like people, is no longer willing to endure humiliation once it has become strong, so in the face of security issues, the Russians are unanimously in favor of using force against Ukraine, which is eager to join NATO. This is quite similar to the Chinese People's Volunteers who resisted US aggression and aided Korea, and this is what worries and fears the United States.
Just imagine, once the United States and Russia go to war and Russia loses the upper hand in a conventional war, Putin will not be able to suppress the Russian far-right elements, and they will join forces with the Russian people to force Putin to use nuclear **, and the consequences will be unbearable for anyone.
So at the moment, the most important thing for the United States to consider is to give priority to ensuring that Ukraine does not fall, and Russia will not go head-to-head with NATO;Second, we will try our best to promote the Russian-Ukrainian peace talks, and ensure that NATO and Russia draw a clear line and do not invade each other. Any mistake will cause the United States and Russia to suffer heavy losses, and the world's first power at that time will be a mysterious power in the East. List of high-quality authors