As expected! Patriot is a nice piece of kit and PAC 2 / 3 missiles have some nice range. Russia has a deep lack of pilots to begin with. Especially experienced combat pilots. To lose 11 of them in a single day, over their own territory, really sucks!
No, they were arguably the poorest country in Europe. Largely because of their longstanding ties to Russia and the deep corruption among their Oligarchs. Ukraine will come out of this conflict much closer to the West. Western funds will rebuild Ukraine over time and the lives of Ukrainians will...
Lol... USA is going to up its debt ceiling like it has every other time they've approached their debt ceiling. They're the world's reserve currency. They can print their own money and people want it in spades. Their debt is not like the rest of ours. They owe the overwhleming majority of it to...
While it's sure to be crushed, can we appreciate for a second the fact that pro Ukrainian forces moved deeper into Russia in one day, than the Russian Forces moved into Bakhmut in 6 months...
It's sounds like a Russian MI-8 helicopter has been shot down in the region as well. This is simply...
I'm completely aware that Ukraine is suffering immensely in this war and that they are losing tons of men, resources and equipment. That isn't lost on me at all. I'm also fully aware that Western propaganda and Russian propaganda are clashing in extreme fashion.
But time and resources are on...
Lol Patriot has performed incredibly well. You notice how there has been a near 100% interception in the Kyiv region as of late? Patriot is the primary reason for that. Also, it was responsible for part of the disaster that was 4 Russian aircraft getting smoked in the Bryansk region a few days...
If that's the case, I guess we'll see you when you check in 8+ months from now then!
That sounds like 50,000 more Russian casualties, hundreds of MBTs, IFVs and Artillery systems and a couple more million, quickly depleting Russian artillery shells... All to take another city with no strategic...
Sweden 🇸🇪 has finished training a Ukrainian mechanized brigade on the use of CV9040 IFVs, Leopard 2A5 MBTs and Archer, 155mm self-propelled howitzers.
The Ukrainian brigade will features 50 CV90 IFVs, 10 Leopar 2A5 MBTs and 8 Archer, 155mm self-propelled howitzers, all of which have been...
Japan 🇯🇵 is donating another $500 million USD of humanitarian aid to Ukraine, earmarked for energy infrastructure, medical supplies and food reserves.
Furthermore, the Japanese are making their first military contribution of the war, in the form of 100 unspecified military trucks.
USA 🇺🇸 President Joe Biden confirms that the USA will be involved in the training of Ukrainian pilots on thr F-16. No word yet of American donation of F-16s, but they have the most robust pilot training system in the world so I expect quite few of the pilots will go through the American training...
New USA 🇺🇸 $375 million aid package for Ukraine has been announced. It's clearly a package to support an offensive.
- Additional GMLRS for HIMARS.
- Additional 155mm shells.
- Additional TOW missiles for Bradleys.
- Additional Javelin anti-armor systems.
- Additional AT-4 anti-armor systems l...
If they are actually getting 45 F-16's, I would image that they'll come slowly, in batches of 10-12, as they are retrofitted for Ukrainian purposes. I can't imagine a reality in which 45 F-16s will be delivered to Ukraine in 2023. If they can all be retrofitted / upgraded by the end of 2024...
What I would like to see going forward is the transfer of American items to Ukraine, paid for by 3rd parties, while the U.S. continues to fund critical supplies such as ammunition, missiles and air defense systems. As an example, there is no reason why Canada + Sweden (just an example) can't...
Per Politico, USA 🇺🇸 will announce another $375 million arms package for Ukraine in the coming days. The package will include artillery shells, armored vehicles and anti-tank armored vehicles, per the report.
I'll post the full contents of the package as it's released.
Ukraine 🇺🇦 is reporting that overnight in the Donetsk region, a drone spotted 10 T-90 Russian MBTs camouflaged in a forest. They claim to have eliminated all 10 in a HIMARS strike. While plausible, I'll wait on video confirmation from the drone before I'm overly excited.
Big news if true...
I think that Ukraine wants those protecting places like Kyiv and Kharviv / Lviv. Ideally, USA and Germany would donate an additional battery each, or maybe a countries like Canada and Britain could pair up to buy a battery off of the USA and ship it. Those batteries could then be layered with...
Below is the list of air defense systems that have been publicly delivered to / committed to Ukraine so far. We know that more have been sent based on pictures that have emerged, but they remain publicly unconfirmed, therefore, I won't speculate.
Stationary Air Defense Systems Delivered
1x...
Saw this as well. 5 more packages at $600 million USD each over the next 3-4 months, is no joke. Lots of toys can be sent. Especially used items, at a bargain price, using drawdown authority.
That's why I'm targeting the end of the year for F-16s in Ukraine. My guess is that the first pilots start training in the June-July time frame, both in the USA and some European countries. Meanwhile a plan is put in place to select the exact aircraft, with the exact systems, that the West wants...
