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Couple of bits from the WSJ (sorry, might be behind a paywall, as I used up all my free links):

https://www.wsj.com/articles/eu-to-send-...jem10point

BERLIN—European Union member states backed a plan to send one million artillery shells to Ukraine over the next year as part of an arms-purchase package valued at more than $2 billion, the latest move by Western countries to improve Ukraine’s access to heavy ammunition.

Relevant because if Ukraine is chewing through 90,000 rounds a month, the shells would allow Ukraine to continue the current pace of shelling.  The question is whether the EU can produce that many.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-year-into..._permalink

It's possible that even as Russia is running into problems procuring weapons, Ukraine is running into problems mobilizing troops.  This about sums it up:

But while polls show that support for the defense effort remains high, the stock of willing volunteers now appears to be dwindling. Ukraine’s population is less than one-third the size of Russia’s, not accounting for the exodus of millions since the war began, and the kind of coercion used in Russia’s authoritarian system isn’t an option, Kyiv says.

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[BostonCard]

Couple of bits from the WSJ (sorry, might be behind a paywall, as I used up all my free links):

https://www.wsj.com/articles/eu-to-send-...jem10point

BERLIN—European Union member states backed a plan to send one million artillery shells to Ukraine over the next year as part of an arms-purchase package valued at more than $2 billion, the latest move by Western countries to improve Ukraine’s access to heavy ammunition.

Relevant because if Ukraine is chewing through 90,000 rounds a month, the shells would allow Ukraine to continue the current pace of shelling.  The question is whether the EU can produce that many.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-year-into..._permalink

It's possible that even as Russia is running into problems procuring weapons, Ukraine is running into problems mobilizing troops.  This about sums it up:

But while polls show that support for the defense effort remains high, the stock of willing volunteers now appears to be dwindling. Ukraine’s population is less than one-third the size of Russia’s, not accounting for the exodus of millions since the war began, and the kind of coercion used in Russia’s authoritarian system isn’t an option, Kyiv says.

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