How Russia Is Losing Billions in Weapons Sales to the Ukraine War | WSJ

Russia is the world’s second-largest arms exporter, but the war in Ukraine could change that as Moscow’s share of the global weapons trade declines. What else has impacted this important revenue stream for Vladimir Putin as well as hurt some of the Kremlin’s international influence?
WSJ explains how sanctions since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and invasion of Ukraine last year as well as domestic need for weapons hurt Russia’s arms exports.
0:00 Russia’s weapons display on Victory Day
1:01 How sanctions affect Russia’s exports
1:53 Russia’s domestic needs for weapons
3:07 Russia’s share of the global weapons trade
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[@wsj]

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[@YouTube_Enjoyerlol]

The DeFacto NATO and US puppet state Ukraine is losing the war. Biden admitted the US & NATO are low on ammunition. Russia's war of attrition is working. This is yet another foreign policy blunder by the US after Afghanistan.

[@junahn1907]

The Russians are stuck in the uncomfortable position of having to explain to potential buyers that their stuff doesn't suck. They are just incompetent and using it.

[@JamesOberg]

typo and --> at

[@tryscience]

Actually the Russian equipment sucks, and, the Russian soldiers are incompetent as well.

[@gabenjamin4052]

@@tryscience double the trouble for them Ruzzkies.

[@misteryummyearth1055]

its called UKRAINE KARMA

[@pro-libertatibus]

Typo: "explain" = "LIE"

[@shootingsportstransparency7461]

Did you see all those secret Russian stealth tanks No? that's how stealth they are

[@andreasarnoalthofsobottka2928]

German army made a similar joke about german planes in WWII.

[@andersonarmstrong2650]

Shooting Sports Transparency. You spooks fail to mention the disappearance of the many NATO wunderwaffe in this conflict..

[@misteryummyearth1055]

🤣🤣🤣superb line ,thanks

[@misteryummyearth1055]

@@andreasarnoalthofsobottka2928 German army and German airforce traded jokes? Wow. No wonder nazi lost hopelessly

[@user1qaz2wsx3edc]

Ukraine cannot see stealth shovels,thats why they lost.

[@pro-libertatibus]

Self-destruction 101: start an unprovoked war that reveals that your weaponry is cheap junk.

[@danielbrown7535]

You shouldn't talk about the United States like that. We just need a few more parts from China for assembly.

[@user-ki4llalm6kr]

US is sinking. US future in jeopardy. People are leaving the country with their families.

[@imoonset2682]

@@danielbrown7535 Meh, we still get the parts don't we? And china is supposed to hate us but they'll go out of their way to double export parts to get around tariffs. Along with the fact we aren't using repainted equipment from decades ago that was "Modernized" but still the same POS with flaws. You don't see a competent military scrounging for table scraps of weapons and PPE older than the parents of the soldier it's expected to protect and think "That's a quality war machine right there." when they're stuck in the past thinking attrition is still viable like every other war they've been in.

[@user1qaz2wsx3edc]

You begged for combat tested arms in Afghanistan. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@imoonset2682]

@@user1qaz2wsx3edc And you failed to take over Afghanistan.

[@misteryummyearth1055]

How can someone make so so many mistakes just to be able to kill innocent people and still live to face a new day ,everyday?

[@sluger-qu3gy]

@@forcommentslol667 I live in Russia, and Russia lives very well. Putin fight the Nazis

[@Kamil-eS]

@Skipper beautiful Russian narratives pal! Out of curioucity: are you quoting Russia Today or Russian Ministry of Defences directly? These separatists were terrorizing east of Ukraine for 8 years for Putin, yet you are trying to shift blame to Ukraine itself. Not cool pal. Btw you've misspelled "Ukrainian revolution against Russian influences in Ukr gov"* No need to thank me champ. Btw your empty comment got shadowbanned.

[@lordXAVIJAANBJERGNOG]

@@sluger-qu3gy How does planting spyware in everyone’s computers and laundering money around the world fight the Nazis?

[@DonaldBiden420]

@@sluger-qu3gy you are the nazi

[@yagamizen4121]

Same way Bush is still living

[@lil----lil]

U know it's really bad when you fake your own sales. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@paddington1670]

dude all the russians do is lie, it's all just lies upon lies upon lies.

[@edwardgiovannelli5191]

if I've learned one thing in the last year, its that russia fakes EVERYTHING

[@ghostlightx9005]

It is now law that all weapons manufactured in russia must bear a warning stamp that reads "Not suitable for use against NATO weapons".

[@grzegorczyk1983]

It should be also labeled "kamikaze weapons"

[@boardcertifiable]

Also: Vulnerable to Ukrainian Farmers with Tractors

[@swagedelic]

Yes, should be a requirement. IT's funny that trolls from India will overtly praise Russian equipment and argue with you until they turn blue. (no pun intended)

[@acidbot666]

On the contrary: Russia is fighting alone thr 41 + richest and most powerfull nations on the planet for more than a year and are not only holding pretty well but still gaining ground and the Russians are not doing it with bare hands!

[@swagedelic]

@@acidbot666 Only the small nation of Ukraine is fighting Russia, there are no other nations fighting in your illegal war.

[@Boomkokogamez]

The war has been a major sale for the US and it allies. It shown that while their weapons are expensive, it is very effective and can do what it is designed to do. For example when HIMARS arrived in Ukraine and we start seeing it effectiveness on social media, there was a spike on orders of HIMARS, especially the countries in Eastern Europe. I recommend video made by TLDR News EU titled "Why have Russia’s Arms Exports Collapsed?". He explain it very well.

[@samthesuspect]

#bringbackTLDRUS

[@alexanderrobins7497]

A dozen old HIMARS ruined the invaders plans. Now imagine Poland using hundreds of the newest longer range HIMARS. I am absolutely convinced based on their training and incoming equipment, Poland alone could conquer belarus and russia if nuclear weapons are not involved.

[@Specificify]

@@alexanderrobins7497 We just have to kick down the front door and the whole rotten structure will collapse - 100 cocky westerners before you

[@meilinchan7314]

It also means that when the dust settles, Ukraine will start chewing in on Russia's own market. People unwilling to buy NATO or Chinese hardware will turn to Ukraine instead ..... the Ukrainians will have plenty of ideas and blueprints that, failing to build them because of war damage, they can outsource construction and sales to trusties like Turkey.....

[@dragonemperorsy2515]

​@@alexanderrobins7497 Yeah maybe in fantasy land 😂😂🤦‍♂️

[@abdiganiaden]

Russia is weird, it’s a tiny economy based on hydrocarbons and yet wants to be treated like a global player. What a joke. At least China can be taken serious as they have actual economic strength.

[@kevinjenner9502]

China’s influence comes via economics, rather than illegal wars, occupations, regime change, and proxy wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen.

[@dustyprochazka3971]

Exactly

[@Zelensky_Huilo]

Russia is the only country in the world that is changing the world, despite the fact that the globalist tyrant of the world declared a long time ago that its economy was torn to shreds.

[@vittoriosecreto6346]

If an economy manages what Russia does it means it not such a small one. Besides, the USA GNP figures are inflated by services , financial mostly which do not produce anything, american hubris excluded.

[@bngr_bngr]

@@vittoriosecreto6346most financials are large accounting/consulting firms. What’s wrong with services?

[@bruh-bn3ni]

Russia try not to take L's throughout history challenge IMPOSSIBLE

[@_penguin_9946]

Ever since the Soviet Union dissolved they have became weaker.

[@sayamalu2495]

We gonna miss the single tank show in 2024😂

[@akbeal]

That one tank VERY strong comrade could take 10 meters in your village given 6 weeks!

[@yummm8775]

And they borrowed that tank from the National Russian Museum... LOL!

[@peterphan227]

Pop-top jack-in-the-box explosive tanks are a great selling point for Russian tanks 😂

[@slevenkelevra3813]

Russia invented tanks with a sunroof , brilliant 💡.

[@lovyrituraj]

@Skipper all blown up

[@mduckernz]

Da comrade, tank have ejection system! When work, tankers field promoted to cosmonaut!

[@slevenkelevra3813]

@Matt D. "Blast off in 3. 2. 1..."

[@misteryummyearth1055]

@@slevenkelevra3813 🤣🤣🤣🤣coupe mbt hilarious !!!!

[@eddiecharles6457]

"Proven to have the most spectacular turret tosses" - Buy our tanks.

[@kxlxsh]

Just like the western tanks get stuck before they even reach the battle. Also, how did the Leo turret pop off before even reaching the battlefield😂

[@danielcaponi9839]

@@kxlxshaww someone’s mad their tanks are proven to be complete garbage 😂 cope and seethe vantik!

[@kxlxsh]

@@danielcaponi9839 someone’s mad they’re tanks are proven to be useless🤣🤣🤣also haven’t seen anything new about the tanks from your propaganda machine, sounds like they’re not doing so well since they aren’t reporting. Cope and seethe cheeseburger🤣🤣🤣😆😆

[@alexisparenteau6291]

@@kxlxsh look like someone mad cuz your army is proven to be complete garbage

[@user-eh9op4mq4s]

@@kxlxsh Check out how "weak" western tanks performed against stronk soviet trash during the Gulf War

[@rudejase]

People, the Russian "turret-toss" is a highly complex ejector system. works every time.

[@swagedelic]

Russia should promote that feature at those shows.

[@user1qaz2wsx3edc]

Turrets landing in ukraine buildings making them collapse.

[@peabase]

Russia is a shoo-in for winning gold in turret-tossing at this year's Military World Games.

[@Freshbott2]

@@swagedelicthey can’t, the only spare stock is from WWII and they’re already using it for parades

[@Katoshi_Takagumi]

Where is it made, then? I can't believe that something that is 'complex' and 'works every time' is made in Ruzzia.

[@borisstanislav4560]

Russia can sell the T-72 flying turrets as jet fighters, space ships for NASA, airline planes. The possibilities are endless.

[@cjmatulka8321]

The turrets we are seeing would be a lot more accurate if Russian technical staff were to go to the Russian spin cycle turret. Still available for patent, top secret I'm sure. Maybe parts from a washing machine?

[@corneliusantonius3108]

And their soldiers as fertilizer

[@jarednovel]

Dont forget that Eastern Ukraine that is rich in resources is now under Russia. It would easily recover any of those losses by selling resources

[@datospora5770]

Who spends public money on buying Russian cotton now on?

[@gabenjamin4052]

@@jarednovel HAHAHA cope more comrade. Remember Russia is the biggest country in the world with the riches resources. How much more resources Russia need? Russia is one of the poorest country in the world. Only Putler and his clowns are rich but Russians are basically modern day peasants.

[@danielomingomingsr9203]

I don't think Russia will recover from this mess.

[@Hanad3]

America did from Iraq and Afghanistan so

[@paddington1670]

Yeah, ya think? generations of bad blood created in under a year, and now going onwards for well over a year. russia will be a pariah state for as long as they are lead by a dictator, and as long as their leadership lies and embellishes everything intended for their population. Their country as a whole, hopefully lead by the will of the people, (LOL), will continue to be a sub par leadership, suboptimally operating country for as long as there is dissonance between people in leadership positions. No one in russia tells the truth, the culture is built on facades, lies, and corruption. To get anything done, requires bribery, you cant build a positive governance on lies and corruption, AND WE SEE IT NOW. The chickens have come home to roost. gd russian terrorists.

[@eltoro7002]

@@Hanad3 not even remotely similar.

[@lelouchlamperouge4103]

​​@@eltoro7002 America spent more than a trillion dollars in its war on terrorism. Piling up trillions of dollars in debt and increasing the debt ceiling all the time.

[@andersonarmstrong2650]

What mess, Daniel?!

[@sortaspicey9278]

I love how Russia creates its own problems and then complains about it

[@Kyntteri]

That's the inherited recipe for many generations in ruzzia.

[@user1qaz2wsx3edc]

You represent a nation involved in wars 238 years since its inceptive with masshootings on a daily basis?

[@ramasubhashpottipati647]

@@user1qaz2wsx3edc "Mass shootings on a DAILY basis". We found him folks, the dumbest human on planet Earth.

[@edwardgiovannelli5191]

@@user1qaz2wsx3edc After WW2 russia occupied North Korea. The United States occupied South Korea. Who do you think is better off today... and which one can't even feed its population?

[@jeckjeck3119]

@@user1qaz2wsx3edc Cope ruski, cope

[@juanmontoya6622]

Putin: "Comrade. We offer deep discounts." Xi: "Tu Tank one dollar." Buyers:" Sorry Vlad. We go Chinese."🤣😅🤣😅🤣😅

[@UltimateHandler]

Mordor's orcs were only exported to Isengard. The rest of Middle Earth wanted nothing to do with them. The Elven weapons, on the other hand, were used by many to great effect in wiping out the orcs.

[@ianmason96]

Sure, the javelins and MLAS (Multiple Launcher Arrow Systems) are excellent for taking out Orcs from far away, but the reluctance to send Dwarf armor is costing the defenders valuable lives.

[@syproful]

When your real military handicap is having to much weapons of mass destruction. And knowing you got it handed to you that when you use something remotely close to it, the consequences for your regime are incomprehensible.

[@MelioraCogito]

_“When your real military handicap is having to much weapons of mass destruction.”_ [sic] It's *too … as in _having too much…_

[@jimg2850]

I'm sure Russia could do really well selling military medals. They are great at producing them. Obviously given up on tanks and aircraft though.

[@kimmathis1945]

No one in the military thinks of any vehicle as indestructible. But potential buyers will judge Russian arms by the high numbers of losses compared to how little was achieved.

[@RuleStarRacing]

love the way they mark the day they defeated their friend who help them take Poland

[@jacqdanieles]

Yup!

[@ricardocorrea8325]

Churchill was saying good things about Mussolini in 1938 still. The USSR alone saved the world from fascism and Russia will liberate Ukraine from the same threat in 2023

[@dragani2330]

Present Russia has a tendency to national socialism.

[@ricardocorrea8325]

@@dragani2330 Ukraine literally is dominated militarily by a Neonazi regime called Azov. To say anything about Russia while providing NATO arms to white supremacists and self-declared nazis is crazy

[@rexsceleratorum1632]

@@ricardocorrea8325 Churchill didn't go to war alongside Mussolini, diplomatic language aside. The USSR was still negotiating in 1940 to join the Axis Powers. Long after Hitler and Stalin started WWII together.

[@frednannt8953]

Pretty hard to sell weapons when your own armed forces don’t even have boots.

[@maggiealena]

At the moment Rusdia is losing billions a day on the battlefield

[@sensi6457]

Thanks Putin for destroying Russias future and their ability to invade other countries and kill with impunity 😂😂😂

[@karsaorlong3761]

i dunno seems like he's winning, are you ok sheep? ahahaha he's taking 20% of ukraine and killed 300k ukraines while taking barely 20k casualties, western sheep on dangerous levels of copium ahahah

[@fatihsaidduran]

As an Eastern European I'm in bliss.

[@HamasTearEnjoyer]

What this video does not touch upon - but which is very important - is that arms exports allow for greater economy of scale that makes research and development investments more palatable. Dropping exports will inevitably put pressure on a Russian budget which is already under great duress.

[@frankfahrenheit9537]

Russias economy has the same size of Spain's. Coiuld Spain afford to develop quality weapons? No?

[@pretzelbomb6105]

@@frankfahrenheit9537 If they focused on one specific area, yes. That’s one of NATO’s strengths since a country can focus their budget more and shore up their weak spots with allied imports (even if that ends up defaulting to “buy US if you can afford it” fairly often, but our top-of-the-line unhealthcare is hard to beat). Russia, on the other hand, effectively has to do everything themselves. Most of their allies don’t have anything made after 1990 to sell them. The only one that does would be China, although calling them an ally is an iffy thing that comes with a lot of asterisks and caveats.

[@dixonpinfold2582]

​@@frankfahrenheit9537 Beware such economic comparisons. GDP at market exchange rates is good for judging an economy in some ways (its international financial heft, for instance, or the nature of its trade relationships) but is a distortion in all other ways. When judged by the purchasing power of the rouble domestically, Russia's economy is far larger. In 2021, viewed on this basis, it was about 5% smaller than Germany's, meaning close to $5trn, not $1.7trn. Neither GDP at market exchange rates (also called nominal GDP) nor GDP at PPP (purchasing power parity) tells the whole story. Looking at both is absolutely necessary. For a valid overall judgement you'd be a lot better off averaging the two than looking at only one. So my point is that, say what you will about Russia's economic weaknesses, it does indeed have a larger economy than Canada, Italy or Spain, three countries often invoked for comparison. Closer to Germany or Britain. It seems headed downwards in the near future, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

[@LeonardTavast]

The US defense budget is larger than Russias economy. USA can develop advanced weapons without exports (like F22) and they can also mass produce more bleeding edge weapons such as the F35 than the rest of the world put together. Russia's underwhelming performance even compared to western systems from the 1980's shows that they have lagged behind for 4 decades. Their AKs work fine but their missiles etc are not competitive. The western hegemony remains strong, thankfully.

[@didigel2741]

Keep dreaming, even better, go help. At the end russia always wins.

[@MadTamB]

Two points to add 1) One possible (out of many) reason Putin went to war was to show off how great Russian weapons were and like all the other reasons (NATO, imaginary nazis) it has backfired spectacularly. 2) One possible outcome of any peace deal, depending on what state Russia is in, might be that Russia has to disarm a bit like Germany had to after its flirtation with nazism.

[@lightningnightcore9975]

At this point, Russia is slowly reducing NATO weaponry and ammunition (note the ammunition crisis as NATO stockpile dwindling down) in Ukraine too as they send out more.

[@gone547]

@@lightningnightcore9975 NATO countries have more than enough capacity to produce more, Russia doesn't.

[@lightningnightcore9975]

@@gone547 The fact that they're having ammunition crisis and trying so hard to produce more, and then America with their debt too.

[@user-mc2un6rm9f]

0) Imaginary democrats

[@twoking10]

Yeah. But then how to enforce an agreement with the Kremlin? Like disarmament? "Pease deals" with the PLO, Hamas don't work out too well either. Part of the agreement when Ukraine gained independence was that Russia wouldn't invade. Ooops.

[@aurelio-reymilaorcabal9669]

Leading this years 2023 parade was a 1940s T34 tank,fortunately it didn't need a tow, I hear due to it not having the latest technology and electronics they should be able to produce it even with sanctions.

[@lovyrituraj]

don't worry we will see your Abrams , leopards sinking in the mud in Ukraine very soon!! leopards not Roaring do they purr like a cat?

[@mrs.shootingstar-garcia4799]

​@@lovyrituraj Please take your copium pill... You're coping hard

[@fgqgqlfqsfsffeff]

​@@lovyrituraj I can't imagine how hard it must be, the mental gymnastics a person would have to do to convince themselves that Russia is coming out of this war better and stronger than before the war. Putin has ruined Russia and it's people, militarily and culturaly.

[@Dissistheway]

0:50 definitely the images of destroyed soviet equipment helps solidify to the Soviets and to Russians, their soldiers are cannon fodder

[@ramal5708]

Many countries that wanted to buy Russian military gear switched over to France for military gear, this way you can avoid CAATSA and also get a good price and quality, not promoting France's military sales but many countries been doing so for last 4-5 years since CAATSA was enacted.

[@LeonardTavast]

India is a good example. They have made a massive shift from Russia to France in recent years.

[@Frazer247]

Russian weaponry and technology are considered outdated. The war in Ukraine provides ample evidence of this. It would be misguided, perhaps even foolish, to invest in Russian arms technology and weaponry. Not only would you likely waste your money, but you would also be at a disadvantage in any conflict due to the inferiority of Russian technology. Before Putin's invasion of Ukraine, a Cold War-era myth persisted that the Russian arms industry was among the best. This misconception enabled Russia to continually sell weapons to economically challenged countries like India and China. Regrettably, this has largely been due to the actions of an obtuse politician, Putin, who has done significant damage to Russia. Conversely, the war in Ukraine stands as a testament to the reliability of Western technology. In a sense, Putin has inadvertently aided America and the West in reinforcing their positions as hegemonic powers.

[@andersonarmstrong2650]

Frazer, I think George Orwell in 'The Whale and Other Essays', made some choice observations concerning people abusing English the way you do. Let's pick your nonsense apart: Russian technology considered 'outdated'? By who?! 'Russian arms technology'..wot you mean like hypersonics with no analogues anywhere? 'Obtuse politician'? This term demands a definition as 'obtuse' Western politicians continually make obtuse statements..like 'Russia needs to remove its forces from Vorozneh and Belgorod', or 'Russia will exhaust its missile stocks by...' Anyone who has used Russian hardware knows it is qualitatively better than its Western equivalent. Leo 2's in Syria for example, performed far worse than T90M, or is that a post Cold War 'myth' too? There's a reason Americans and Germans don't want their kit anywhere near Ukraine: anything they put there will get shown up..very simple. Now America is trying to force Turkey to hand to Ukraine its S400's..evennthough it failed to deliver its F35's (which are operationally useless). I think you earn your wad working for Western Armaments manufacturers and you're being overpaid.

[@jesuszamora6949]

And then there's the increased Chinese and Indian develop. No doubt one of them will rise to take Russia's spot as the budget military provider.

[@jarednovel]

You have no idea what you are talking about. Nearly all the countries that the US sees as a threat have been armed by Russia including north Korea and Iran. You may not be aware that China's entire arsenal is made up of weapons that have been reverse engineered from weapons imported from Russia and the old Soviet union. That includes the Chinese Navy carriers and also their fighter jets...weapons that have made the lives of US navy personnel in the Pacific a living nightmare. Russian weapons contributed to the defeat of the US in the Vietnam war as well the defeat of the US in Afghanistan just recently.

[@iniyanprabhakaran]

@@jarednovel Soviet weopons in Vietnam is still used by Russia, while USA have been developing their weopons. Soviet Union is not the same as Modern Russia!!

[@imoonset2682]

@@jarednovel Buddy, Why do you think that Russian arms are so apparent in all conflicts? Because they're dirt cheap and sold to the lowest bidder without any real thought, they are literally across the globe because of the fact they're cheap, In no way are they "Winning a war" just because they have Russian equipment, China's arsenal is 10x better than anything Russia can put out today from the simple fact they can actually manufacture and develop it all in house without the need to import and aren't stuck in the past of "modernizing" equipment decades out of their prime with the slim hope of it enticing buyers despite it still being the dilapidated POS from the cold war just with fresh paint

[@heromail2903]

Many more Russian weapons are actually taking part in this victory day parade, only so sophisticated that they are invisible or stealth 🤣

[@poulnrgaard7820]

Right. But the West also have many weapons which can not be seen or heard or felt. We don't even know where they are, so secret are they.

[@jaybdub77]

Can’t believe no one is interested in flying tank turrets.

[@codfusilli5879]

Why will I buy a million dollar tank that has a flying turret?!

[@marcrenmelabiva7046]

Army and air force combined arms 😂

[@harrywest2780]

Blessings to Ukraine 🇺🇦 🙏

[@buddymacbuddington]

Saliva urine

[@userfromspace8952]

Glory to Ukraine! 💛💙

[@jccuaresvlog]

after found out that the russia fighter jet is not good philippines cancel the deal good job philippines

[@TCK71]

They’re hardly even the second best army in Ukraine!

[@edwardgiovannelli5191]

second best in russia?

[@tonicalloway7227]

Russia never thought they would have to use so much weaponry on ukraine..Ukraine has gone 12rounds with this Russian heavyweight and is still standing..russia can't make anything fast enough against ukraine let alone manufacturer for others that's why china was supplementing..

[@yesandno389]

У Украины нет ничего своего, всё оружие, боеприпасы, медикаменты, питание им привезли. Даже зимнюю одежду. Это карлик на глиняных ногах. Теперь уже без шахт, полей и металлургии, электростанций.

[@somezsaltz6835]

@@yesandno389 how come they started producing artillery shells?

[@arjan2777]

@@yesandno389 Is that why you attacked Ukraine? Because you thought it was an easy victim? If you brutally and unprovoked attack a neighbour because you want to steal from him there are chances that somebody will help your victim. Don’t complain about that. You should have known that the Ukrainians would fight and you should have known that other countries would help. It is the right thing to do.

[@duncan8437]

@paper plane up to 80% of the separatist fighters were active russian military, 90% of the hardware were russian, Girkin is a FSB offical etc etc…

[@duncan8437]

And it was 20 civilians in 2021 btw

[@alldecentnamestaken]

Russia's weapons industry was running into problems well before this conflict. India pulling out of the Su-57 program was quite a blow. Without foreign investment Russia just does not have the budget to develop new advanced weapons systems such advanced fighters. The more time that elapses the further they fall behind.

[@likemostthings]

Russia has only getting stronger and stronger. Russia and China are already merging military logistics, don't be fooled, while China is not selling Russia weapons outright yet, they are totlaly trading components and raw materials. The US military still has better equipment than both but don't be fooled into thnking that those two countries couldn't take on Nato. Xi is 100% going to invade Taiwan, when they do our already destroyed economy will collapse to a point were we will no longer be able to fudn Ukraine, while BRICS is only growing. Russia has oil and super-rich farmland and the 'sanctions' (that no one is following) have only made them more self sufficient. WHEN China invades Taiwan all Nato funding of Ukraine will pretty much dry up, and the US will certainly stop sending weapons and amunitions altogether, then what? Does Zelensky pour another 300,000 young men into a meat grinder to die to try to take land that has alwasy been ethnic Russian that's occupied by 90% ethnci Russians who don't want to be part of Ukraine? And don't forget, the Russian doctrine towards Nucler weapons is not the same as ours, if they had to I firmly believe they will lunch a couple of tactical nukes, not agaisnt a city, but maybe agisnt an army group, they could easily decimate several brigades which would effectivly destroy Ukraines ability to fight back at all, and what are we going to do, Nuke Russia? If any Nato coutry nukes russia it's game over. The Russians may have weaker military equipment but they have way more Nukes. Don't be fooled into thinking the won't launch them, they will.

[@andmos1001]

Don’t forget the long term problem of brain drain and literally killing the workers in the most brutal way possible

[@realnapster1522]

Su57 is a good fighter. India pulled out because Russia was not ready to share source code.

[@vm.999]

Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@williamwilson6499]

The growth in Cargo 200 is moving along nicely.

[@jimzon]

The welding at 0:28 was horrible.

[@LordZontar]

This war hasn't exactly been the best commercial for Russian military hardware.

[@acidbot666]

On the contrary: Russia is fighting alone thr 41 + richest and most powerfull nations on the planet for more than a year and are not only holding pretty well but still gaining ground and the Russians are doing it with bare hands!

[@jamess7181]

Oh I don’t know, at least their undersea warfare went as Russia planned when it blew up Nordsteam 2. They just weren’t expecting the Danes to be taking pictures. 😂😂😂

[@jamess7181]

@@acidbot666 The Kremlin tells Russians it is fighting the World, but in fact it is just fighting the soldiers of a much smaller country. Even with the help of Syrian troops and international mercenaries Russia still can’t beat the Ukrainian armed forces. The latest Russian offensive gained 0.01% of Ukraine for the loss of three times the total Russian deaths in Afghanistan. Ukraine is already taking back territory and the counter offensive hasn’t started yet.

[@jeckjeck3119]

@@acidbot666 Russian coping is phenomenal. LOL.

[@NathanBake-gk4je]

@@acidbot666 Is that why Russian arms sales dropped to the lowest since the collapse of Soviet? Their peak arms export was in 2011, but by 2023 it had dropped by 70%.

[@Av-vd3wk]

Please go to longer form for this sort of reporting!!!

[@Kayzef2003]

Mooor propaganda

[@latino_God]

@@Kayzef2003 Pootin bot are ya?!🤪

[@larryjanson4011]

heck with the real stuff i would love to get a hold of the display things. those models look great. would look even better in my house.

[@darkane71]

and again some positive news!!

[@slevenkelevra3813]

Maybe Ukrainians should train Russians on how to use Russian weaponry.

[@ricardocorrea8325]

They are dying like flies in Artemisk. The Kiev regime is already using children. Probably there wont be any ukrainian soldiers to show anything in six months

[@user1qaz2wsx3edc]

Those who trained ukraine military ,fled from afgan peasants with sandals and AKs. 😂😂😂

[@russellpanther-jeanz3256]

Sounds like Stewie narrated this 😂

[@gykg3202]

Excellent!

[@Dive-Bar-Casanova]

Spare parts were hard to obtain before the invasion so imagine how bad it will be now and in the future.

[@JJ-bh6sk]

And the Philippines bought the Blackhawks instead.

[@PsyphaX09]

Polish made Blackhawks! 🇵🇭❤️🇵🇱

[@JJ-bh6sk]

@@PsyphaX09 yes!

[@patrickkelly8858]

Well done WSJ. Rarely see informative new and compelling takes on this conflict in the media today. This is a very strong video.

[@daniellowry660]

Lazerpig loop in full effect

[@hankjones3527]

Great video. One more point to condider: at the time of writing the Ruble is down significantly. That makes Russia's already cheep equipment even cheaper. You know, as long as they can actually make them under sanctions ...... and can make enough for them selves let alone others.

[@jamess7181]

Got a call from a lovely lady in St Petersburg asking if she could buy my washing machine. Something about needing chips to fix a tank. 😂😂

[@hankjones3527]

@paperplane-ol2iz Well that's nothing to be proud of 🤣 But to clarify my comment, the Ruble did sore for the end half of 2022 and I was referencing that. I acknowledge that I should have made that clearer.

[@hankjones3527]

@@paperplane-ol2iz I agree, too many people thought sanctions would cripple the Russian economy almost immediately. Those idiots. Sanctions take years and years to bite so only time will tell. Yes much of the rest of the world has high inflation etc but all of that was happening before the sanctions started so it would be quite foolish for anyone to pretend it's because of the sanctions. We'll see what happens. My prediction is Russia will of course survive but and great cost (compared to if there were no sanctions)

[@hankjones3527]

@paperplane-ol2iz What ever helps you sleep at night, I guess you have to find some way to distract yourself from the Russian military failures. So let's find something we can both agree on. Since I believe sanctions are hurting Russia far more than the west and you believe they are hurting the west more than Russia: then let's make the sanctions indefinite. Even after the war, no matter how it ends, permanent sanctions.

[@gaoxiaen1]

@paper plane It's down about 20 % now.

[@rayden5508]

Only one Tank 😂

[@Mynanaentangas]

Great to know that stewe from familiy guy landed a job as a narrator at the wall street journal.

[@robertking3090]

the saying that quantity is its own quality is short sighted at best in the modern world.

[@jankowalyk7301]

Russia could do really well selling military medals.

[@paddington1670]

*calls up name* "oh is deceased, throw in smelter" *smelter literally boiling away on the stage accepting every single medal being given away in the last 3 hour long ceremony*

[@vijaymujumdar5617]

Third world countries should save their foreign exchange reserves by boycotting third rate Russian military hardware. Hope Indian leadership is taking cognizance of poor performance of Russian arms in Ukraine war. Of course they ought to be all too familiar with the quality of Russian fighter and other assorted planes that keep falling from Indian skies even without a war.

[@dextercochran4916]

Russian arms dealer: *slaps turret "This baby can catch so many Javelins..."

[@johannesnicolaas]

Next year surprise: no tanks, no soldiers, only horses.... haha.

[@nzs316]

I love the "tin can" umbrella modification! To have realized that a simple Uk drone could drop a grenade and take out a 20 ton tank...

[@itsallagame2013]

Cant beleive for decades the whole world was scared of their conventional army, guess in the end it was just nukes we feared not the army per se 🤣

[@1feldi20]

I don't want to claim that Russia has too few, old and bad weapons. It is more due to the massive support from the West.🙈 The Americans are the world's largest arms producer and number one warmonger. Even in the era of peace, more is produced there than in other countries at war. The Russians don't even come close to having the necessary capacities. So even the Russian knows not to mess with NATO. But Russia's strategy, is much simpler: "Come on, attackers, and we'll blast you and your brood off the ground." This is how nuclear deterrence works (and this is what our future will look like when the first NATO soldier sets foot in Russia). I hope that Ukraine will become neutral as soon as possible, even if many see it differently. But only then the war will stop.

[@yummm8775]

For this year's parade, Russia had to borrow a tank displayed at the museum.

[@senpaiXmelody]

1 tank and Ukraine can't March to Moscow hahaha

[@denexuser]

Cant imagine losing advance tech to a smol group of toyota mounted with machine gun.

[@karenishness1]

IS IT CHEAPER TO STORE BOMBS OR DROP THEM?

[@Nimbasa180]

I think it's hilarious that WSJ trolled Russia by asking them to comment on the decline of their Global arms exports. "So the world found out your army sucks, & your equipment can't match up to US equipment from the 80s-90s care to comment on how terrible your country is?"

[@Anonymous-nc7eo]

Lost to hippies bandits even with their "advanced weaponRIZZ" but meh wepon wuh betterr

[@kimchi2780]

"This is not T-34 it is new T-10000000000 tank."

[@mrbigolnuts3041]

Apparently Putin is looking to export 'Cannon Fodder' as Russia has plentiful supply

[@davidsweeney8133]

Counties queuing up for the jack in the box Russian tanks.The cloaking device on the T 14 is amazing can't spot one on the battlefield. Russian weapons so advanced that the have reverted to WW1 artillery tactics.

[@andersonarmstrong2650]

'WW1 artillery tactics', you don't even know..

[@st-ex8506]

The T-14 is a parade-only tank. Looks good... but is unusable. One even broke down on Red Square last year, during the parade rehearsal! 🤣😂

[@sergeykish]

RF claimed their helicopters are tanks, kind of correct - multiple shot with antitank weapon.

[@karsaorlong3761]

ukrains are quing up whos gonna get blown up next by russian artillery, 300k ukrains dead and counting lol

[@extremumadventura]

RU is synonymous with losing

[@paddington1670]

theyve been known for invading neighbors for decades, taking others' land is what they have been good at for even over a century, but that all ends with this conflict. Ukraine will continue to stay sovereign, they will be able to choose their friends, if that means no longer doing as much commerce with russia then that's the Ukrainians' prerogative. Anyway, it will be much better for Ukraine to be friendlier with the EU and Western countries rather than with russia's ranking of 65th out of 171 developed countries - HECK even Ukraine ranked 55th before the war, they were ranked higher than the sh hole russia stands to be.

[@user1qaz2wsx3edc]

​@@paddington1670 Europeans invaded ALL CONTINENTS imposing slavery/genocide, besides invading themselves many times.

[@MathsPlusGames]

Maybe exports reduce because they beed to use it themselves?

[@Dive-Bar-Casanova]

Define "operational fleet of tanks.'

[@elmandalorian6671]

Putin soldiers are great for parades...very brave against unarmed civilians, children and senior citizens...but when confronted by an armed Ukrainian soldier they run as a chicken 🐔 chased by a tiger 🐅...

[@davidhynes]

Putin tries to scare the world with Nuclear weapons but cannot compete on the battle field, Putin will die in he'll like Adolf Hitler.

[@Mr-Pepel]

Oh yea! They are heroically shooting down the living buildings and destroying historical sites

[@24vegweg57]

Did the Ukrainians tell you this? Why did they give away Bakhmut?

[@paddington1670]

Glad they could resist pillaging and raping and all the citizens for a few hours.

[@Diego_laoshi]

@@24vegweg57 'cause they're losers. Even with a help of all mighty US and EU help can't defeat a tiny RU army. What a joke they are!

[@russellpanther-jeanz3256]

Russian Army: strong like bull, smart like tractor

[@acidbot666]

On the contrary: Russia is fighting alone thr 41 + richest and most powerfull nations on the planet for more than a year and are not only holding pretty well but still gaining ground and the Russians are doing it with bare hands!

[@recoil53]

@@acidbot666 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Russia is fighting the 53rd richest country (pre war) that was given the scraps of military equipment that NATO will give them. Russia is #11 in GDP (pre war) btw. The Russia winter offensive barely moved the lines. Of course last fall the Russian army was in a full on sprint eastwards.

[@acidbot666]

@@recoil53 Well, what matters is that Russia is still advancing despite the richest and most powerfull nation on the planet been 100% commited to prevent Ukraine to be turned into a pile of rubble soon to become a pile of radioactive rubble... Your exposure to western media will only fool you as much as they fooled when thei coerced the world into a war against Iraq based on a pack of lies!

[@barbarianremover2463]

If they send it their parade troop, I don't think they need partial mobilization

[@deanhankio6304]

2:52 Prince Albert II is that you ?

[@johnnydoe3603]

India paid the Money for S400 System and didn’t even get the Complete Set. 😂

[@asterixdogmatix1073]

Don't forget about the 'bargain' India got from the Russians that was the carrier INS Vikramaditya .

[@lgarcia67]

Not sure about the weapons but their tactics if any are really bad. The weapons may not be much better because all they have done is carpet bomb with mortars and old artillery. Their missiles are hitting everywhere completely un-aimed. So you may question the quality of their weapons also

[@mduckernz]

They *claim* their missiles landed off-target anyway... they either have to say that their missiles suck and have very poor accuracy - or they have to admit that they purposefully aimed at hospitals, children's playgrounds, apartment blocks, etc. So far they have preferred option 1.

[@stephendean2896]

Celebrating beating an enemy that happened more than 70 years ago is a bad sign of living in the past

[@islammehmeov2334]

For real they need to move on with it the past is past

[@aarononeal9830]

The wall Street journal needs to talk about Ecosia they are a search engine that plants trees

[@truethat7681]

As an Indian I feel Russia needs to compensate us for selling substandard military hardware.

[@lif6737]

Lol, they never will

[@karsaorlong3761]

who's gonna compensate you for your loq iq though hmm

[@thePronto]

Caveat emptor.

[@captainalex157]

why? It was Indias responsibility to make sure russian weapons are good quality. Blame this romantic view of russia that many indians have, i hope these events will make indians wake up and build a military that can withstand china, its not too late yet.

[@truethat7681]

@@captainalex157 I am indian and I don't like Russia.

[@jankowalyk7301]

RuSSia caput.

[@user1qaz2wsx3edc]

Russia taught Germany a huge lesson..

[@latino_God]

@@user1qaz2wsx3edc with America and the west’s help. Please tell a story the correct way

[@thomasjardine2108]

They should have mentioned how there was only one tank at the parade

[@kevinn1158]

Well, they are going to have to replace all of their own equipment after a decade of redesign and production.....

[@amartinjoe]

I'm sure countries would still buy Russian tanks - they just have to be discounted to the price of scrap metal. 🤣

[@MsShaza123]

Russia vs Ukraine in war, so sad soooo sad soooooooooo saaad. I am not able to breathe, this is how hard I cry for Ukraine. So sad, pray for Ukraine. I hope Ukraine wins.

[@ntchihieu]

Victory to Ukraine 🇺🇦 ❤

[@misiyuk_28]

What do u mean by win?

[@MsShaza123]

Ukraine wins the war or at least gets saved from it

[@JCdental]

1:50 What tank IS that? Any warthunder players?

[@crypticcoconut]

It looks like a 2S9 Nona with a muzzle cover.

[@JCdental]

@@crypticcoconut 120 mm mortar designed in the Soviet Union, which entered service in 1981 I almost thought it was a supped up T- series tank, kinda looks like one from that angle

[@luisatarin1966]

Glory to Ukraine!

[@brianbozo2447]

2000 Tanks destroyed = 6000 soldiers being burnt alive. The ineffectiveness of T72 and T80's was already demonstrated in Iraq and the javelin and NLAW antitank missiles were being produced in the 1990's yet in all that time Russia failed to make any improvements. What can they hope for now.

[@edwardgiovannelli5191]

Well they thought they had it solved with the Kinzhal missiles... until it turned out the 25 year old Patriot missiles can destroy them too.

[@willtaylor1395]

russia could make money in the boat anchor market .. just pick any army anything

[@scottprather5645]

They just have to change their marketing strategy sell tanks as armored cremation unit and coffin All in one

[@ntchihieu]

😂😂

[@aidancreager4095]

Buying new weapons from Russia like here we have the modded pimp my barbecue ride T-34 😂

[@shyamdevadas6099]

Now that this has gone on for over a year, I'm starting to see the ironic nature of power in Russia. To a lot of people, the worst person to wage and conduct a war would be a career spy and politician. To many people, the ideal person(s) would be professional military officers and strategists. The irony here is that the professional military in Russia is ruled by a career spy and politician. Putin is a very intelligent man, but as a military strategist, he fails the basic tests of competence. He's certainly ignorant of the classic Asian military strategies of Sun Tzu, Mao Tse Tung, and Vo Nguyen Giap. Similarly, he seems ignorant of the classic Western military strategists like Clausewitz, Napoleon, Sherman, Grant, Rommel, Montgomery, Patton, and Eisenhower. But, most shockingly he doesn't even seem to draw from the best parts of Zhukov or Chuikov! These strategists had a deeper understanding of the aspects of politics, diplomacy, economics, supply, training, logistics, civil-military relations, occupation, and morale. I doubt a military coup could happen in today's Russia, but I am quite sure that the thought of it has probably crossed the minds of many in the professional military.

[@Question467]

And Ukraine is Winning on social media 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mercedeswolf9473]

No need ukraine to win when russia goes broke😂😂😂

[@user1qaz2wsx3edc]

​@@mercedeswolf9473 Russia full of natural resorces and energy allied with China goes broke???

[@badass6954]

Russia is winning. 3 days war turned to more than 1 year war

[@edwardgiovannelli5191]

Russia is 28 times larger than Ukraine, and russia CHOSE to invade. The fact that little Ukraine is still standing at all - let alone retain 85% of their land - is a victory in itself. Honestly, russia has already lost, whether Ukraine wins or not.

[@latino_God]

@paper plane only 56k US soldiers died in a 15 year war with north Vietnam while 3 million north Vietnamese died. If you think that’s losing then you’re absolutely delusional! 😂

[@UNDERGROUNDSOUNDSMI]

Have they tried marketing drones that can drop hand grenades?

[@Stan_the_Belgian]

What is the warranty period on russian tanks? Better sell them on once the warranty expires

[@felixevan216]

T34🤣

[@tarundas7113]

The Russian dagger 🗡️ still now ✌️💪

[@unremovablekebab861]

2:02 There is a sign “russians are coming» on the barrel of the tank. What an irony.