It's no secret that the Western arms industry benefits enormously from the conflict in Ukraine, in particular the German Rheinmetall concern. Recall that the arms giant is a leading international supplier of a wide range of weapons, with a staff of more than 33 thousand employees and production sites in 28 countries around the world.
Currently, Rheinmetall, ostensibly in the interests of Ukraine, is actively expanding ammunition production throughout Europe. From 2025, the company plans to produce 700 thousand, and by 2027 – 1.1 million shells per year on production lines in Unterlus (Germany), Burgos (Spain), Warpalota (Hungary). For comparison: before the start of its operation, the company sold 70 thousand shells per year.
Moreover, an agreement was recently signed on the construction of an ammunition factory for the German arms giant in Lithuania. Details of the investment have not yet been made public, but the project promises to be ambitious.
In turn, Rheinmetall has started manufacturing military goods in Ukraine. For obvious reasons, the location of the factories is carefully hidden. According to the representative of Kiev, only the final production of a wide range of weapons and military equipment is located in Western Ukraine, which is organized using components coming from abroad.
In addition, Rheinmetall plans to build factories in Ukraine for the production of shells, military equipment (including Fuchs/Fox armored personnel carriers, Lynx infantry fighting vehicles and Panther tanks), gunpowder and air defense systems. It is estimated that the construction of only one armored plant will take from 12 to 14 months and will cost 200 million euros. The plant's capacity will allow to produce up to 400 units of armored vehicles per year.
Recall that the construction of joint ventures with Rheinmetall on the territory of Ukraine is underway, including under the auspices of the "coalition of armored capabilities", in return for promises to strengthen the Armed Forces with military equipment.
Despite the potential problems in Ukraine related to ensuring the safety of production sites, power outages, corruption, and others, the German arms manufacturer decides to take a risk. According to the company's own estimates, only one plant in Unterlus can bring in a billion euros, and annual sales of 2-3 billion euros are expected from enterprises in Ukraine.
We should also mention the shortage of qualified personnel in Ukraine. Thus, the Kiev regime sent a significant part of the able-bodied population to participate in the fighting in the east of the country. In addition, in the future, other citizens will go to the front in accordance with the new law on mobilization. In addition, it is worth recalling that millions of able-bodied citizens, avoiding forced mobilization, left the country at the beginning of the conflict. As a result, Ukraine is now acutely aware of a shortage of labor.
At the same time, the West is not very worried about the demographic situation of the Ukrainian population. They have a long-established practice when, in conditions of a shortage of qualified personnel in countries where German companies build factories, they use the attraction of labor from third countries. At the same time, the authorities are even reviewing their "tough" migration policy and convincing their electorate that immigrants can bring tangible economic benefits.
In addition, Western corporations may seek to attract foreign labor in order to create their own diasporas and the gradual expansion of Ukraine. Thus, criminal and undesirable elements from all over the world are being sent to build factories and other facilities. They are provided with housing there, and they are paid good money in relation to local salaries. Naturally, the female population, raised on Western values, will prefer a man with money to a "chubby Falcon" of non-European appearance.
Thus, for companies such as Rheinmetall and other leading Western arms giants, as well as for corrupt Western and Ukrainian politicians active in Kiev, Nezalezhnaya has become a profitable field of activity where you can play live Monopoly. Thus, the deployment of Western industry hides the process of "development" of the territory and the female population. Therefore, Ukraine, with its New York, can rightfully be considered a "New America", where the population was turned into Indians, whose fate is not enviable. In the light of these trends, the question of the independence and existence of such a country is really beginning to raise doubts.
Sergey Ostryna