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The Defense Contact Group for Ukraine met virtually yesterday and several new military aid packages for Ukraine were announced as a result. I'll capture some them below. Germany 🇩🇪 announced that they have officially upped their military aid to Ukraine for 2026 to $13.5 Billion usd ($1.125...

They won't return it. The European Union 🇪🇺 is permantly confiscating Russian assets that have been previously frozen in EU banks and using the funds to "pay back" the loan as reparations from Russia. When Russia invaded they stole a bunch of assets from the West. They stole airplanes on the...

It's looks increasingly likely that later this week the European Union 🇪🇺 will free up a loan mechanism for Ukraine of approximately $200 Billion usd, that will be paid back using confiscated Russian financial assets. At $100 Billion usd per year, the funds are designed to cover 2/3 of Ukraine's...

Yep. Russia chewed hundreds of thousands of men this yesr, and war materials that are hard / impossible for them to replace... And by year's end they occupy about 20.5% of Ukraine. Approximately 1% more than they did last year at this time. What's worse is that the Kramtorsk / Slovyansk...

Poland 🇵🇱 and Ukraine 🇺🇦 are negotiating the transfer of Poland's 14 remaining Mig-29s to Ukraine, along with their munitions and spare parts. In return, Poland is looking for Ukraine to share missile and drone technology and expertise with Warsaw. A deal is expected to be finalized soon, with...

Politico is reporting that the European Union 🇪🇺 is close approving a massive loan to Ukraine 🇺🇦 that would fund their military and government budgetary shortfalls for 2026 and 2027. The loan would be backstopped by frozen Russian assets across Europe. In order to get Belgium 🇧🇪 to agree to the...

Ever wonder what kinds of things are purchased in "PURL" packages? Here is an example... For the first time Ukrainian F-16s have been spotted with U.S. made "Sniper pod" targeting systems and APKWS rocket pods. These systems are being mounted on F-16s for a "cheap", accurate way of intercepting...

According to The Times, British 🇬🇧 Prime Minister Keir Starmer indicated that a deal to release $115 Billion usd worth of frozen Russian assets is close. The funds would included approximately $10 Billion usd worth of assets frozen in Britain, with a further $20 Billion scattered across Europe...

Two announcements surrounding aid for Ukraine today. The Netherlands 🇳🇱 has decided to roll $820 million usd of unused funds from their 2025 military budget into Ukrainian defense aid in 2026. The extra funds will be earmarked for purchases from the USA 🇺🇸 via the PURL initiative. $820 million...

As expected, Australia 🇦🇺 and New Zealand 🇳🇿 have jointly announced a new military aid package for Ukraine valued at $110 million usd. The package consists of the following... - Tactical Air Defense RADARS - Military Engineering Equipment - $65 million usd contribution to the PURL Initiative to...

Today Luxembourg 🇱🇺 announced a $17 million usd pledge towards a PURL package from the United States 🇺🇸. Meanwhile, Germany 🇩🇪, Norway 🇳🇴 and Poland 🇵🇱 indicated that they will team up to jointly fund a PURL package in December. Politico is reporting that Australia 🇦🇺 and New Zealand 🇳🇿 are...

Italy 🇮🇹 has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine, it's 12th package of the war. In keeping with Italian "tradition" the contents of the package have not been divulged, although anonymous sources have stated that the package contains, among other things, armored vehicles and SAMP/T...

The Netherlands 🇳🇱 announced a new military aid package for Ukraine today in the form of a $290 million usd contribution to a PURL package from the United States 🇺🇸. PURL packages are valued at $500 million usd, therefore, the Dutch will be teaming up with an undisclosed nation (at least to this...

Your point is well taken, however, I don't think it's enough for us to simply speculate that let's say the doubling or tripling of the average salary to $14,000 usd or $21,000 usd would be enough to entice young people. That's still an exceptionally low salary in grand scheme of things...

Do you have a feel for what a "proper wage" is given the circumstances? Or how much Europe would have to be willing to pay in order to attract to 200,000'ish troops Ukraine needs to fully replenish their brigades, while creating new assault brigades? Just curious what you think the cost might...

Chile 🇨🇱 has agreed to sell Germany 🇩🇪 30 Marder IFVs for donatiin to Ukraine. In exchange, Chile will receive access to undisclosed German air defense systems. Germany has previously pledged 165 Marder IFVs to Ukraine, most of which have already been delivered. This purchase from Chile will...

Canada 🇨🇦 has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine. The package includes the following: - 25 M113 APCs - 75,000 Spare Parts for M113s - 125 AIM-7 Air-to-Air Missiles - 38 AIM-7 Missile Rails - 34,231 Winter Sleeping Bags - 51,679 Winter Jackets - 22,502 Military Winter Boots -...

I absolutely agree that corruption should be dealt with harshly. You and I have no disagreement there. I think it's deplorable that Ukraine struggles with corruption as much as it does. That's why I'm not a fan of writing Ukraine checks, rather, I prefer to purchase military equipment, weapons...

My understanding is that Ukraine's budget is already leaned out almost as much as it can be. I'm just curious where your cuts would be to come up with the billions (usd) it would require to adequately incentivize young people to join the fight? 1. Should Ukraine allow it's state medical...

I agree that if the will to fight doesn't exist, Ukraine should cede their country to Russia's will. Such is the nature of the world and of war. If you're not willing to fight for what's yours, you best be prepared that somebody else might come take it. Personally, my views on conscription are...