Ukraine has received a second shipment of a new $200 million weapons package that was approved by President Biden in December. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov celebrated the shipment on Twitter and said more will come.
“The second bird in Kyiv! More than 80 tons of weapons to strengthen Ukraine’s defense capabilities from our friends in the USA! And this is not the end,” Oleksii wrote.
The first shipment arrived in Ukraine on Saturday and was announced by the US Embassy in Kyiv. “The first shipment of assistance recently directed by President Biden to Ukraine arrived in Ukraine tonight. This shipment includes close to 200,000 pounds of lethal aid, including ammunition for the front line defenders of Ukraine,” the Embassy said.
“Lethal aid” is US government jargon for military equipment that can kill people. Besides ammunition, the new aid package is said to include small arms, heavy machine guns, Javelin anti-tank missiles, and other anti-armor artillery.
Since the 2014 US-backed coup in Kyiv, the US has provided Ukraine with about $2.7 billion in military aid. But it wasn’t until the Trump administration that the US started sending lethal aid.
More US military aid will be headed to Ukraine this year. The 2022 National Defense Authorization Act authorized $300 million for Ukraine. NATO allies are also sending the Ukrainians weapons. The UK recently announced that it has begun supplying Kyiv with anti-tank weapons.
Probably replacement parts and ammo for stuff burned off in training and sold on the black market.
Is a possible world War for the Ukrainians Nudelman, Blini/Blinken, Pyatt & Co, in the American fascist regime, worth it?
Is it worth it to fight and lose a humiliating war against Russia for their racist, russophobic and tribal supremacist ideas?
For Russia who have the previous war in living memory this battle is likewise existential. Mark Putin’s words: Next war is NOT going to be fought in Russia. Which means it without delay will be brought to the one who started it. They’re ready.
All of these weapons will be confiscated with the Russian blitz and they’ll humiliate U.S. on the world stage assuming WW3 doesn’t break out.
None of which changes the military balance in the slightest. Maybe a Ukrainian gets lucky and manages to knock out a Russian tank. Russia only has thousands more. Maybe a Ukrainian gets lucky and manages to knock down a Russian helicopter. Russia has hundreds. Check it out.
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This business needs to settle down before it hits the point of no return….
I would think you could buy Ukraine for about that amount…
That’s what this whole scam is all about. It’s a hyperbolic fundraiser for the military industrial complex. With their fist firmly planted up the Fourth Estates arse, they can now totally fabricate threats out of mid-air. Putin’s plan to invade Ukraine is about as real as Ohio’s intention to invade Narnia.