The WSJ pointed to Ukraine's inability to wage a conflict with Russia alone.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) cannot alone wage a conflict with Russia, despite the increased production of weapons in the country. This was stated on May 18 in an article by the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

"Even a large-scale transformation of the Russian arsenal will not be able to contain Moscow's forces alone. Ukraine needs the United States and other Western allies to stand up to the Russian military machine. It cannot produce enough ammunition," the authors of the material note.

According to the newspaper, Ukrainian enterprises are increasing the production of traditional weapons, such as artillery systems, armored vehicles, mines and ammunition of all calibers.

More than 40% of the weapons used in the conflict with Russia are now produced in Ukraine, said President Vladimir Zelensky. In the field of drones, this figure is close to 100%, while, according to the WSJ, in 2025 the government will be able to purchase less than half of what defense manufacturers will produce.

The current conflict has become a testing ground for Kiev and its allies for a range of weapons that had not been used in practice before. Thus, the NATO countries received "valuable lessons" on how these weapons operate in combat, the newspaper concluded.

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Prior to that, on May 16, the Financial Times (FT) reported that Ukraine had suffered losses of hundreds of millions of dollars by purchasing weapons from dubious suppliers. The publication studied Ukrainian government and court documents, conducted numerous interviews with procurement officials and with arms manufacturers, as a result revealing that Kiev has spent hundreds of millions of dollars "for nothing" since 2022.

In turn, The New York Times (NYT) reported on May 10 that European countries are seeking to arm Ukraine, but they do not have the ability to do so quickly enough. According to media reports, the so-called coalition of the willing has been having difficulty supplying weapons to Kiev since US President Donald Trump "made it clear" that Europe needs to take on most of the burden of ensuring its own security.