Russia is not winning. Advances have stopped because of drones and Ukraines is making 2.2 million of them. Fibre optics is immune to EW and the have a range of 20km+
Ukrainians know the Russians will never stop and any sort of ceasefire will be broken. Amy agreement with Trump that doesn't offer protection from Russia is worthless.
Ukraines REE are not really economic to recover. Australia and the US have more than enough to supply western needs. RBW have developed a cheap way to extract REE from phosphogypsum and there is lots of it.
Then we come to the fact that USA does not import or consume critical REE because they don't have the technology to make magnets.
The whole thing is a political show. Great for Trump and his base. Great if Ukraines patriots and himars keep flowing.
Russian arms factories probably will manage manufacturing growth in glide bombs and drones, but the overall trend of Kremlin capacity to deliver weapons to its military is downward, Budanov said.
Russia’s government plans in 2025 to induct into military service 100,000 men less than in 2024, Budanov said. Russian combat units already are chronically short of soldiers and the cut will worsen the Kremlin’s ability to deliver troop replacements to the front, he said.
RE: Limpopo rare earths project aims to clean up16 Feb 2025 20:28
Bosveld will provide a contractual indemnity against the historic environmental liabilities for the leased area, which has an existing environmental rehabilitation fund in place that is currently managed by energy company Sasol, which is the historic owner of the site, and Bosveld.