MORE SUPPORT, MORE WAR means UKRAINE BURNS/Lt Col Daniel Davis

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Danny argues that the Western plan to seize $300 billion in frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine is illegal, self-destructive, and undermines global confidence in Western financial systems. Doing so while not formally at war with Russia makes Western nations appear unreliable, discouraging other countries from keeping their reserves in Western banks.

He then questions the logistics of the supposed $90 billion aid package, noting that the West has already depleted most of its available weapons and ammunition stockpiles from 2022–2024. Ukraine’s domestic arms production is limited because Russian strikes keep destroying factories. The U.S. has only pledged about $1 billion per month, and even that must come from existing inventories—since America’s industrial base can’t produce weapons at Russia’s wartime scale.

This, he warns, dangerously weakens NATO and the U.S.: by draining stockpiles without the capacity to replenish them, the West would be unprepared for a direct conventional war with Russia. Russia, by contrast, is increasing its production and stockpiles, giving it the clear long-term advantage in an attritional conflict.

Next, the Atlantic Council’s focus on **technology—especially drones—**is criticized as one-sided. Ukraine has developed impressive drone and electronic warfare systems, but Russia matches or exceeds them in scale due to its larger industrial capacity. Thus, Western analysts who cite technology as a Ukrainian advantage ignore half the picture.

The speaker then mocks the notion that Ukraine can “butter up” Trump by appealing to his ego—claiming Ukraine’s “three cards” are the strength of its people, its army, and Zelensky’s bravery. He calls this delusional, pointing to Ukrainian army desertions (147,000 recorded so far that year), mass casualties, and growing public resistance to conscription.

He argues the battlefield reality is clear: Russia continues advancing methodically westward, dominating the air war, and bombarding Ukrainian cities nightly with drones and missiles—leaving Kyiv and Odessa in darkness. Ukraine, meanwhile, is losing its capacity to defend or rebuild.

Finally, he condemns the Western “elite” and institutions like the Atlantic Council for perpetuating a self-serving narrative—prolonging the war to justify funding and preserve influence while Ukrainians die and their country is destroyed. Every diplomatic off-ramp since early 2022, he says, has been ignored in favor of “more war, more support,” ensuring Ukraine’s devastation.

Bottom line:

The speaker concludes that Western leaders and think tanks are blinded by greed and ideology, pursuing profit and political prestige over peace—leaving Ukraine ruined, Russia strengthened, and the West morally and strategically diminished.