Ukraine's Military Reshuffling Highlights Resource Problems
Peter Zeihan
5 min
Ukraine cannot fight effectively because it lacks the resources to maintain both essential drone and artillery systems simultaneously. Zelensky must personally balance two hostile factions that cannot function without him, leaving the situation unchanged.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Chapters
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0:00
The Conflict Between Drones and Artillery
Explains the dismissal of Fedorov and Sirsky due to their conflicting resource needs for drones versus artillery. Argues Ukraine lacks the capacity to manufacture both drone and artillery systems simultaneously.
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2:51
Zelensky's Impossible Balancing Act
Describes how Zelensky must personally manage two hostile factions that cannot function without him.
Key points
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The dismissal of Fedorov and Sirsky results from a clash between drone warfare and traditional artillery.
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Neither side admits they can fight without both drones and artillery simultaneously.
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Sirsky successfully held the line in major battles using infantry and artillery.
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Fedorov remade warfare with drones, giving Ukraine an advantage in many situations.
- 2:22
Both systems require separate pipelines for people, finance, and manufacturing capacity.
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Fedorov tried to switch all resources to drones, causing Sirsky to lose artillery support.
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Sirsky could not defend the front without ongoing investments into artillery shells.
- 2:51
Both leaders are right about their methods but wrong about excluding the other.
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Zelensky must personally hand-hold two factions that hate each other to keep them working.
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Ukraine lacks post-Soviet civil society pillars to buffer these institutional conflicts.
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The current situation remains unchanged from six months ago despite personnel shifts.
Who and where
People · 1
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy 4
President of Ukraine since 2019
Photo 1
1. Photo: Press Service of the President of Ukraine, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Wikidata · redrawn in our house style (Volodymyr Zelenskyy)
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