The US will send $300m (£234m) in military weapons to Ukraine, including ammunition, rockets and anti-aircraft missiles, the White House has said.
The surprise announcement comes as a bill in Congress to send further aid to Ukraine stalls amid partisan debate.
The US shipment, the first in nearly three months, is intended to prevent Ukraine from losing ground to Russia.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said this aid “is nowhere near enough to meet Ukraine’s battlefield needs”.
“This ammunition will keep Ukraine’s guns firing for a period, but only a short period,” Mr Sullivan told reporters on Tuesday, adding that “it will not prevent Ukraine from running out of ammunition.”
I mean, defending the borders of a sovereign, democratic state from invasion, rape, murder and genocide seems like “something useful” to me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Ukraine is not a democracy anymore it’s a military state under martial law where no man between 18 and 60 can surpass an invisible line on the map or they would get arrested. There are a thousand ways to help ukrainian people that don’t involve forcing them into a proxy war against russia. For example sanctioning Arab Emirates where russian are chilling or stopping business partnerships with china who is providing russia weapons. Politicians simply are not interested in this, they seek profits and building weapons and giving them to other governments is an investment for them and a tool to increase their power. The west and russia too are supporting and making possible a genocide in gaza right now, rulers don’t care about people.
Every state for the last 2500 years (and probably before) has had the possibility martial law and every democracy in the world has it now. Sometimes martial law is necessary, like when people come to rape your sister and murder your grandmother and wipe out your culture.
It does not make a country “not a democracy anymore” to use it appropriately and there is no question that it’s being used appropriately here.
For the last 2500 the world has been ruled by dictators, kings, and criminals. Half of the world is still ruled by these and i challenge you to name a single country in the world that isn’t ruled by corrupted politicians with a shady background.
When villains come at you trying to impose their authority and strip you of your rights with force you want to fight for freedom not for less of it. Martial law is necessary only in the twisted mind of corrupted rulers who are greedy for power and want to control others. You can defend yourself, your family and your people without giving up your rights, giving these up is exactly what you don’t want to do especially when someone is trying to take them away.
Ukraine can’t win without foreign troops on the ground, though.
This is just using them as cannon fodder to weaken Russia.
I feel bad for the Ukrainians duped by the West into thinking they actually have a chance because of some weapons.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie
Jaaayyyysus…All you ever do is come into these threads repeating “Ukraine can’t win without foreign troops on the ground” over and over and over.
4 times in the last 2 days by my quick check. (edit: sorry, 5 and more if we go back to 3 days)
Alright, alright. We heard you. You can stop saying it now.
You could report them for trolling behavior across multiple posts
Winning isn’t invading Russia. Winning is pushing Russia out. It’s looking grim for the Ukraine but it’s not impossible for them to win.
If all the lefties would go of there they’d be able to win but that has not happened yet.