Ukraine military is struggling and still short of ammo

The voice of pleading from Volodymir Zelensky has been a constant mantra for the West ever since Russia invaded in February 2022. He has always wanted more ammunition and weapons to fight back the Russian troops. Today, 29 months since the invasion, this is still the cry. It is extraordinary that after so long when there should be a well-oiled arms flow heading for Kyiv it mever seems to keep pace with what is happening on the battlefield. Zelensky is now saying the Russian troops are succeeding in pushing back Ukrainian units because they have a shortage of ammunition. The process of delivering arms is too slow, he says. Admittedly, there was the fatal gap in deliveries when the US Congress halted supplies. But that was some time ago and the deliveries should now be back to normal. So why the delays, if Zelesnky is right? Russia benefited hugely by the impasse in Congress and it seems Putin is still able to exploit the ammunition gaps by urging his troops to gon on the offensive. Someone in the Pentagon has to get the arms flow moving at an accelerated pace or else Ukraine will remain on the backfoot and there will never be a moment when they can persuade Moscow to go for a peace settlement that would be acceptable to Kyiv. Ukraine, not Russia, needs to make advances on the battlefield.