The U.S. to provide Ukraine with $2.6 billion worth of military aid
The Ukrainians are about to receive additional funding from the U.S. as they continue to prepare for their spring offensive. The aid includes equipment, ammunition, radar, and other military related items that the Ukrainians need. Ammunition, launchers, and vehicles will be pulled from military stockpiles so that they could get to Ukraine quicker.
From the Associated Press:
The latest U.S. package, with its mix of short-term and long-term aid, includes a wide variety of ammunition from Pentagon stocks, 23 million rounds of small arms ammunition and 200,000 grenades, as well as funding for more high-tech weapons, including counter drone rocket systems, air surveillance radar and satellite communications terminals and services.
It brings the total amount of U.S. security assistance to Ukraine to more than $35 billion since Russia invaded in February 2022. Defense leaders testifying on Capitol Hill last week said the U.S. is prepared to support Ukraine for as long as needed.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg echoed that sentiment on Monday, as the alliance’s foreign ministers were preparing to meet in Brussels. The ministers on Tuesday “will discuss how we can step up our support, including by continuing to strengthen Ukraine’s armed forces,” Stoltenberg said. “Our support is for the long haul.”
The White House said last week that it has new evidence that Russia is looking again to North Korea for weapons as it also prepares for a spring offensive. Russia would provide Pyongyang with needed food and other commodities in return.
U.S. officials also are concerned that the president of Belarus has warned that Russian strategic nuclear weapons might be deployed in his country, along with part of Moscow’s tactical nuclear arsenal.
The Associated press provides the balance of the story here.
Category: Military issues, Russia, Ukraine
And the money spigot is STILL wide open.
Since I get ratioed on all my kvetching about the immoral support for the second most corrupt government in the ukraine (debatable) I will only be speaking in memes on this topic.
Enjoy!
Not to mention their choice of beer:
My friend refers to shemales as “dudes with tits” vs “chicks with dicks”. Spit coffee out first time he said it.
Freaky dudes who couldn’t commit to it.
The Biden administration cannot allow their money launderers to be overrun by Putin, and we the people are going to finance their defense.
In all the novels about conflict between the US and Soviet Union, the “war” lasts a few weeks. Massive amounts of material are used up. There is no consideration for a war lasting a long time.
I wonder if the war games run in the Puzzle Palace ever considered this scenario – a long, drawn out, WWII like effort where fighting goes for weeks. I would guess not, as there seems to be limited provision in defense procurement to replace stocks quickly. Manufacturers are ramping up but if the war intensity were greater, directly involving the US and, let us say, China, we’d be reduced to using slings and rocks in short order.
And somehow the good guys always win!
Tom Clancy be praised!
I wonder how Herr biden and all the others in the Reichstag and Pentagon’s munition/armaments stocks are doing. Juast asking.
Raytheon’s up $1.61/share since opening bell on Monday.
Can only wonder how much of that largesse will flow back to the Delaware Doosh and his cretins.
Tax dollars? Who needs ’em!
“ The Ukrainians are about to receive additional funding from the U.S.”
US and Ukrainian politicians are about to pocket more money!
There, fixed the wording.
Headline should have read, “How To Disarm Your Country’s Military While Looking Like The “Good Guy””. George V was absolutely correct. No ammo and no fuel is a really crappy way to go to war.
They’d know– “Peace for our time!”
10% for the Big Guy?
“C’mon man!”
It was half.
The Pedo in Chief and his crack head son, along with the Rino’s need to pay off the NY Attorney’s Office to keep them silent.
Yes… ol’ Hunter did quite a bit if “business” in NYC, did he not?
The MIC grins. Hope y’all have your blade of grass picked out.
How much is the Biden family harvesting in kickbacks, ditto for Pelosi and other pols of BOTH parties that are deep in the swamp?
It’s all good. China is experimenting with the best way to kick it off with Taiwan.
China to inspect ships in Taiwan Strait, Taiwan says won’t cooperate (msn.com)
Know where your CTA-50 items are, folks.
Chicoms also launching a major unplanned “exercise” around Taiwan:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinese-military-rehearsing-encirclement-taiwan-065452729.html
Bakhmut has fallen to the Russians, but I am assured by the ISW that it has no strategic importance.
Ukraine has more cities.