German POS said sending the aid “doesn’t make us proud” but they must do it.
What a vile statement to kiss Russian ass.
I thought France would follow through but never trust Germany. Never.
“Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told Boris Johnson that his country was getting through a week’s supply of weapons in just 20 hours.... “
Then it’s not really a week’s supply is it?
The other post here is that Russia has lost 40K troops and is hopelessly losing? It doesn’t take a genius to see something here doesn’t jive.
I wonder where that 14 billion we just gave Ukraine is really going. Besides the 10% for the big guy.
I wonder what percent of these weapon shipments are resold elsewhere. Prices on the black market must be crashing
Trump was right again about NATO not having spent enough on military.
If all of Europe have few weapons to spare, turns out Russia could conquer it easily.
Foreign policy failure.
Oh that’s a real shame LOL.
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Makes about as much sense as the article lede.
It may also be a result of Biden’s “Lead from Behind” strategy. It’s usually USAF cargo aircraft that actually gets the material to the distribution points. But I bet Old Joe was in nappy time in Wilmington when that decision was needed.
What’s important is virtue signaling. Following through isn’t worth all the effort.
Not our circus
Not our monkeys
But while many countries have promised weapons to help bolster the Ukrainian arsenal, some have not kept up the supply.
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Could some of them be the same NATO countries that promise to pay more for their own defense but don’t?
Talk is cheap.
Maybe they could collect money from the corrupt politicians and oligarchs to buy some more. They’ve got plenty of money.
Sending weapons to the Ukrainians to prolong the slaughter is immoral.
but but but……I thought the Ukes were winning. I thought Russian forces were surrounded. I thought they were deserting. I thought their morale had collapsed. I thought Putin was about to be overthrown. I thought the Russian economy had collapsed. What happened?
But, all the information that we are fed says that the brave Ukranians are winning.
Donations are not making it across the border.
Why does Ukraine say they’re running out of weapons? With all the Russians they claim to have killed, there should be plenty of weapons lying all over the ground.
There was mention somewhere I forget where that US arms supplies were being deliberately held up by some bureaucracy.
US logistical teams could have gotten everything across the border an to the UA within days, but were stopped in their tracks, according to that mention.
When the Ukrainians made the choice in the early 1990’s to go out on their own, they took the gamble both as a growing nation and separating part of the soviet block. Half of that was still developing but the other half, the separation, was beyond their power to control.
Now that Putin’s Russia is demanding the return of the property and it’s benefits to their complete control, the Ukraine has run out of time as it was only a matter of it.
They have way too much for Russia to pass up being among the world leaders in grain and steel. They also house a number of natural gas pipelines from Russia already in place that feeds Europe. The Donetsk region is home to a port that ships out grains and metals, as well as major steel mills for export.
The only reason they have lasted this long in the skirmish is that Russia wants to use the pieces of the country they are attacking. But at some point they are going to have to play hardball and decide what to lose to win.
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