this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2024
346 points (99.4% liked)

World News

38679 readers
2606 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News [email protected]

Politics [email protected]

World Politics [email protected]


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

The U.S. is sending Ukraine an additional $125 million in weapons to assist in its military operations against Russia, including much-needed air defense capabilities, radars to detect and counter enemy artillery and anti-tank weapons, the White House announced Friday.

The latest package comes as Ukraine has launched its largest ground offensive on Russian soil since the war began in February 2022. The offensive in the Kursk region has prompted Moscow to declare an emergency and send reinforcements there.

National security spokesman John Kirby said Ukraine’s use of U.S.-provided weapons in the offensive was in line with administration policies. The Biden administration has approved their use in cross-border counterstrikes against Russia but not against targets deeper inside Russia, although the specific distances are not clear.

The weapons in this latest aid package will be drawn from existing U.S. stocks and will include Stinger missiles, 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition, High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) ammunition and vehicles. It brings the total amount of U.S. aid to Ukraine since 2022 to $55.6 billion.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Lost_My_Mind 50 points 1 month ago (4 children)

That just seems really low to me. I know, I know, 125 million dollars is nothing to sneeze at. I'm not saying it's a pitiful amount.....

But it seems like only a year ago we were seeing headlines of us contributing BILLIONS of dollars in military support.

And even WITH that, I'm seeing Zelenskyy saying how he STILL needs ammunition.

Now, maybe whats happening here is that innitially we were sending them expensive equipment, like tanks, and planes, and rocket launchers. And maybe now those equipment still stand, but need ammunition. And ammunition, while a neverending expense, is still cheaper up front than the equipment meant to fire that ammunition.

Maybe thats whats happening, and I'm just an idiot. I'll FULLY admit to being an idiot when it comes to the finer points of international weapons distribution, and global politics in a vacume that threatens to be the wick that ignites WWIII.

I'll fully admit to maybe not understanding things in the full scale of things.

But reactionary kneejerk reactions, are are 125 million is LESS than the billions we previously were donating.

That being said, Cleveland got hit with some tornados on Tuesday, and I've been without power for a few days. So I have no salvagable food in my fridge, only beer. I tried ordering a pizza and some wings, but they wanted $70 before tip and delivery. So now I'm sitting here on Lemmy, just got power back today, 6 beers deep on an empty stomach trying to debate the global ramifications of obliterating russia.

So maybe my heads not on straight.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago

This is just a supplemental aid package which usually doesn't make the news. It's mainly just ammo, spare parts and a few vehicles. These updates happen frequently.

Big packages that are billions of dollars usually include many full weapon systems, lika full Patriot systems.

I suspect that a the line item for "demolition equipment and munitions" was high explosives and grenades for drone use.

Here is a rough list of this particular package:

[–] Stamau123 15 points 1 month ago

https://www.defense.gov/Spotlights/Support-for-Ukraine/Timeline/

DoD has a timeline. They've alternated between billions and millions even in the beginning.

[–] werefreeatlast 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

125million is like half an F350 wing.

[–] partial_accumen 12 points 1 month ago

125million is like half an F350 wing.

I read this post confused three times before I figured out you were talking about the F-35 fighter and not a Ford F350 pickup truck.