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Recording: Russia’s war machine is gaining speed — How can Moscow produce weapons while the West lags behind? (Patreon)

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2025-07-09 09:02:22

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2026-09

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Dear Kyiv Independent community members,

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Q&A last week with defense reporter Kollen Post and deputy chief editor Oleksiy Sorokin.

Kollen and Oleksiy discussed how Russia’s wartime economy has continued to gain speed, while the West is lagging behind, and they answered your questions about air defense production, the West’s willingness to help Ukraine, and Ukraine’s ability to sustain its war effort without U.S. support.

We’d also like to thank those who sent in their questions to Kollen and Oleksiy. If you have any ideas of future topics for Q&As, please reach out to us at community@kyivindependent.com.

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Russia’s war machine is gaining speed — How can Moscow produce weapons while the West lags behind?

Join us for our Q&A, where we talk about Russia’s wartime economy and its sustainability, and why the West struggles to keep up in arms production. Defense reporter Kollen Post and deputy chief editor Oleksiy Sorokin answer your questions about how Russia has reconfigured its economy to fuel its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and continue pushing forward on the battlefield amid its summer offensive. They also discuss how Ukraine can sustain its war effort, even with no new aid packages from the U.S. on the horizon.