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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 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...




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