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| 4.5.22
U.S. & NATO Sending More Military Aid to Ukraine Including Tanks, Armored Vehicles, & Drones
Do you support or oppose additional military aid for Ukraine to defend against the Russian invasion?
What’s the story?
- Ukraine’s supporters including the U.S., the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and others have announced new shipments of lethal military aid to help the embattled country defend itself from Russia’s ongoing invasion.
- The announcements come at a crucial juncture in the war as Russia is attempting to reorient its military focus toward the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine and the southern parts of the country. The Russian military pulled its forces in northern Ukraine back into Belarus and Russia after failing in their effort to capture Kyiv due to stiff resistance in the capital city's suburbs and elsewhere in the north, such as Chernihiv.
Additional U.S. Aid to Ukraine
- Late Tuesday, the State Dept. authorized an additional $100 million that will provide more Javelin anti-tank weapon systems for Ukraine.
- The U.S. is continuing to fulfill deliveries of military aid from its previous tranche of $800 million in military assistance and announced a further $300 million in aid for Ukraine on Friday which includes:
- Laser-guided rocket systems.
- Additional Switchblade tactical unmanned aerial systems, which can serve as loitering “kamikaze” drones that hit targets behind Russian lines. These include Switchblade 300s, which have a lighter explosive that can be used against infantry, artillery, or transport vehicles; and Switchblade 600s which contain a warhead similar to the Javelin anti-tank missile that can wipe out heavily armored vehicles.
- Puma unmanned aerial systems, which are hand-launched surveillance drones.
- Devices to counter enemy unmanned aerial systems.
- Armored Humvees.
- Small-to-large caliber non-standard ammunition, along with non-standard machine guns.
- Tactical secure communications systems.
- Night vision devices and thermal imagery systems and optics.
- Commercial satellite imagery.
- Medical supplies, field equipment, and spare parts.
NATO & Partner Aid to Ukraine
- The Czech Republic has become the first foreign country to provide Ukraine with armored vehicles. The Czech shipments reportedly include Soviet-era T-72 tanks and BMP infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), with deliveries already in progress.
- The Czech Republic and Slovakia are also reportedly considering an agreement to repair damaged Ukrainian equipment at their military-industrial installations.
- Several other NATO countries that were part of the Warsaw Pact during the Soviet era also have T-72 tanks and BMP IFVs in their inventory and may be planning to ship some to Ukraine given the alliance’s ongoing effort to upgrade its military systems from Soviet-era equipment to ensure interoperability.
- Slovakia is still working with the U.S. and NATO on finding an appropriate way to backfill its air defense capabilities so that Ukraine can receive its S-300 air defense systems, which are similar to those already operated by the Ukrainian military.
- The United Kingdom is providing Ukraine with longer-range artillery and counter-battery systems, in addition to more air and coastal defense systems.
- Australia, which isn’t a member of NATO but is closely aligned with many of its member countries, is providing Ukraine with a batch of Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles which have light armor designed to withstand explosions caused by mines and improvised explosive devices.
— Eric Revell
(Photo Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo via DVIDSHUB & Flickr by Cpl. Reece Lodder | U.S. Army photo via DVIDSHUB & Flickr by Tech Sgt. Chris Hibben / Public Domain)
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It’s time to get Ukraine whatever they need. The Russian atrocities and human rights violations can not be tolerated by the world order. Putin cannot be permitted to take Ukraine and kill thousands of civilians just to satisfy his ego. … … … No matter how much our trumPutin loving Republican Cartel admires the putin and try to emulate his tactics he, like they, needs to be brought to Justice. … … … It’s time to demand that human rights corridors need to be opened and maintained with lethal force while there is still a Ukrainian populace left. … … … I would like to see the Republican Cartel’s (and the putin’s) leading propagandists do about a year tour of duty and broadcast their drivel from Moscow; they should be honored. Perhaps with a three month tour in Victor Orban’s Hungary as well. Let’s see how they fare: If they are ever allowed to leave or are ever even seen again. … … … The fools that support the autocracies of the putin, Orban and the Republican Cartel deserve each other - I wish them well and would certainly enjoy the peace. … … … These autocracies operate with the same tactics and are at different levels of development - but they are all walking down the same path, each with the same objectives.
Representatives, Thank you for Supporting NATO and Democracy! The House Voted on H. Res.831 - Calling on the United States Government to uphold the founding democratic principles of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and establish a Center for Democratic Resilience within the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization The good news is that 362 Representatives vote for the Resolution. The bad news is "63 Republicans vote against House resolution affirming support for NATO and its 'democratic principles'" –The Week https://theweek.com/nato/1012212/63-republicans-vote-against-house-resolution-affirming-support-for-nato-and-its See how your Representative Vote. Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Vote Details https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022115 Type "No" in the Keyword Field For all the 63 No Votes. Type {Your state} in the Keyword Field to find your Rep. The usual Trump loving Q-Whackadoodles like Boebert, Cawthorne, Gaetz, Gohmert, Gosar, Greene, & Jordan voted against upholding the founding democratic principles of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and establishing a Center for Democratic Resilience within the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
We need to stop spending money/resources overseas when there are issues that need addressed here. If the government has money to send to other countries we pay too much in taxes.
The power and the strength of the Ukrainian people is something we should be in awe of…. I can’t say our nation would show half as much love for their country, nor would the Dems do anything to protect our great nation. It’s a damn shame that we are only standing by and watching the mass murders and destruction of cities and basically not doing a damn thing. Who cares if they do not belong to NATO! They don’t pull their weight in change anyway. Trump was right! Carpetbag this organization and save our money.
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We needed to do this weeks ago! Move quickly!!!
If the Free World cannot help these people of Ukraine from an unprovoked Russian Invasion, What good is it to say we are The Leader of the Free World?
Send Ukraine all the weapons they are asking to get. Implement a no fly zone. Send in the US Marines to help.
Not only sending military equipment, also ending the war by neogations. where both sides gets something. press the end of this NATO -Biden war.
We can either support Ukraine now, or be force to deal with a bolder Putin later.
The US needs to send planes to Poland in exchange for Poland supplying MIGs to Ukrainian Air Force. There is no way to stop Putin from using Nuclear arms other than what we have already done. Putin, as well as all of the people who have to sign off and agree with him, will not use nuclear arms for the same reason today that he understood yesterday. The use of nuclear arms in a war brings the destruction of earth and all its people. This has always been the answer--nuclear arms among the nations keeps each nation from using them. The US needs to step up the fight against Autocracy and support the war for Democracy. The Republicans want an autocratic governent like Putin's Russia and the Democrats want the freedom to live as we please. It is time to move on this war against Democracy that is being fought in Ukraine!
The West, including the USA should support Ukraine with all the military aid they need including a no fly zone. We cannot allow Ukraine to lose this war.
Now is a perect time to accept Sweden and Finland into NATO.
The only way to stop Putin’s war and remove the threat that he represents to Ukraine and the world is for Ukraine to decisively win the war with Russia and have Russian leaders agree to pay reparations from already impounded funds: funds to compensate families who have lost family members to Russian war crimes as well as funds to rebuild wantonly destroyed infrastructure. … … …
We need to cut through the bull crap and get all the weapons that Ukraine needs and wants into their hands before the clumsy Russian military can consolidate their forces in the Donbas region. The optimal time for Ukraine to strike is now and will be less effective once the Russian forces can fully consolidate. … … …
Get Ukraine all that they need and want now. Let’s help Ukraine force the putin and his lawless military into a decisive and humbling loss - and end the threat these thugs pose to Ukraine and the world.
Midterm Messaging: 1. If Trump were still president there likely would be neither a NATO or a NATO response. 2. After a year of whining, Trump announced the US withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council on June 19th 2018 Had Trump still been president, the pressure to remove Russia from council likely would have had to come from a European country. 3. Biden announced shortly after taking office that the US would rejoin the UN Human Rights Council, although Biden has yet to join the Convention on the Rights of the Child. (a bit of a mystery since now would be an optimal time to do so) 4. Rigorously and publicly questioning the effectiveness and adherence to vision/mission of international leadership often leads to international leadership stepping up: even if only to protect their own positions as powerbrokers. (Frank-001😉 ;) maybe, now you will forgive me for my insensitivity?)
They need all the help we can give them.
DO MORE FOR GODS SAKE. THIS IS GENOCIDE!!
I support this but I think the Ukrainians are being “catfished”, the US is slow walking the arms these people need to protect themselves. Weeks after the political “outrage”, they are still begging for arms from the West.
Where is all this money really going to that the United States is giving to Ukraine’s defense?
The greatest necessity is ending the war, not continuing the war through more ammunition. Encourage Zelensky to diplomatically negotiate an end to this war, the longer this war drags on the greater the chances of WWWIII.
Send in the Mig-29s. Ukraine’s Air Force will help prevent aerial bombing of civilian targets.
With the outright rape and murder/butcher of these people you should put an end to it right now!
Where is Dick and his mercenaries ?
Ukraine is repelling a Russian invasion with surprising success. They’re fighting for their freedom! The United States of America was born the same way. They deserve the right to self determination when making sacrifices on the battlefield like they have against the larger Russian armed forces. They also deserve our support because Russia has already lost this war and providing arms to Ukraine hastens that end.
Everyone has his or her theory as to why “Russia” invaded Ukraine. I support the civilians living in Ukraine because they’re unaware of Vladimir Putin’s intentions in regards to ‘this war.’ Had any Ukrainians visited Canada? One of my far fetched theories.