I wouldn’t be surprised if, after the war, they do just that. Lots of people there with the technical knowledge and supply lines already established and the need to sell a product that the AFU suddenly doesn’t need an infinite supply of.
The good news is, the executive order, is specifically about development assistance. The vast, vast majority of US aid to Ukraine does not fall under this category.
Sec. 3. (a) 90-day pause in United States foreign development assistance…
Ukraine has been building out their drone production heavily. It’s easy to disperse and doesn’t require large facilities that can be destroyed. (A few guys in a garage with a 3d printer and a steady parts supply can pump those suckers out.) And with US, UK, and French authorization to hit targets inside Russia, Russia’s air defense is stretched extra thin. Furthermore, Russia has not kept pace with new construction of equipment, things blow up and just aren’t replaced.
I only see this pace increasing, Russia has lost the ability to defend their airspace.
I just sent some money over to United 24 (Ukraine’s official fundraising platform). If you are able, please do so as well. They could use it.
Vehicles and fuel tanks are booming today!
This seems like a bad idea to start with…
Shooting at it with your rifle seems 100x better, even if that isn’t terribly effective, you at least don’t kill yourself.
O, well. 🌻
Good. In addition to the strategic reasons, three Russian ships recently spilled their oil in the Black and Azov Seas; two of which broke in half and sank. We don’t need those floating environmental disasters near our shores.
That drone had significantly more effect than I was expecting!
Sabah was among those who led the invasion into Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, during which terrorists kidnapped and murdered dozens.
Glad they got the guy!
It’s sounding like the new government there might actually have their shit together.
I was worried it would either be Assad with a different name, or immediately turn into civil war again. It still can do either, but things are looking up over there!
The Houthis are shooting at random civilians. That isn’t fighting back, that is shooting at random civilians. Both countries are in the wrong.
The Houthis keep shooting at civilians. Pretty expected the world would defend their people.
Damn, that is a solid hit.
Slovakia had three years to fix their gas situation. This is 100% on them for expecting Ukraine to continue to pump gas from the country invading them. It’s amazing Ukraine even did it this long.
Russia shoots down a civilian airliner, killing many civilians, and they have the gall to say shit like this? Have y’all considered shit like this is why people don’t like Russia?
Of course they would want to play down speculation on why a civilian jet suffered shrapnel damage while flying in Russian airspace, leading to many civilian deaths. There is really only one way that happens…
What isn’t racist if even dinner-time is racist?
I know Poland in particular has covertly (and often just quietly) gifted Ukraine quite a number of things. Including tanks and aircraft before anyone else had. It was real confusing for me when Germany was holding off on providing tanks because they didn’t want to be the leader/first, meanwhile Poland had been providing tanks to Ukraine for awhile already.
They can certainly make things harder and more expensive for Russia though. And combined with Ukraine’s relentless targeting of their oil sector and war outputs, the thousand small cuts continue to build on Russia’s economy.