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Germany 🇩🇪 has now delivered all 4 Skynex Air Defense Systems that it purchased for Ukraine. The remaining two units were recently delivered. A Skynex system consists of 4 turrets, a radar and command unit. They are designed for point defense against drones and cruise missiles and function...

I genuinely don't know what the answer is. I know that when Canadians and Americans joined the fight to help liberate Europe from thr existential threat of Nazi'ism, we drafted our young men at 18 years old... I can understand the West asking Ukraine to do the same in defending their own...

Ukraine's biggest problem right now is the "chicken or egg" issue between them and their Western backers. The West wants Ukraine to lower the age of conscription from 25 to 18 (but would likely settle for 21) in order for 100,000+ additional combat arms soldiers to be added to the Ukrainian...

Spain 🇪🇸 has agreed contribute $1.2 Billion to thr purchase of PURL packages for Ukraine, via the United States. The Spanish contribution is enough to purchase two full packages, each valued at $500 million usd, and they will contributed $300 million usd to a third package. Contributions such...

The reality is that my Government is never giving Ukraine $33 Billion in a single year and I fully understand that. But with the amount of money Canada wastes on absolute nonsense, we could easily invest $6-$8 Billion into weapons purchases for Ukraine (3-4x our current annual contribution)...

My own government flushes infinitely more of my tax money down the toilet with bullshit consulting and pet projects. As two examples, they're going to spend approximately $33 Billion this year on their indigenous peoples file and consulting for government projects. While $100 million is much...

News on the aid front for Ukraine has streamed in this week. A group of 8 countries including Norway 🇳🇴, Sweden 🇸🇪, Denmark 🇩🇰, Finland 🇫🇮, Iceland 🇮🇸, Latvia 🇱🇻, Lithuania 🇱🇹 and Estonia 🇪🇪 have teamed up to buy a $500 million usd PURL package from USA 🇺🇸 for Ukraine. The package will consist...

Germany 🇩🇪 has delivered two additional Patriot Batteries to Ukraine. Ukrainian troops have finished training on them and they are now deployed Ukraine. Germany has an agreement in place with USA 🇺🇸 to expedite the backfilling of the units for Germany's domestic security. Ukraine has now...

What's interesting about this contract is that the first E model Gripens would take approximately 3 years to arrive in Ukraine, at a cost of approximately $150 million usd per unit. Meanwhile, however, a small care of Ukrainian pilots have been working in Sweden to familiarize themselves with...

Ukraine 🇺🇦 and USA 🇺🇸 are preparing a contract that will see USA sell Ukraine 25 Patriot air defense systems, as well as hundreds of PAC-2/3 air defense missiles. It's a multi-year contract, with the systems set to arrive in varying quantities throughout the remainder of the decade. USA 🇺🇸 is...

Norway 🇳🇴 has announced that it will contribute $170 million usd to help fund their second PURL package from USA. This time Norway will combine with other countries (believed to be Sweden 🇸🇪 and Finland 🇫🇮) to collectively purchase the $500 million usd package. USA has the manufacturing...

Germany 🇩🇪 announced a new $2.3 Billion usd military aid package for Ukraine today. The package consists of the following.... - $500 Million usd for a U.S. PURL Package. - 2 Additional IRIS-T Air Defense Systems - PAC 2/3 Air Defense Missiles - Air Defense Radars - Precision Guided Rockets -...

7 additional NATO countries will announce contributions to the PURL program tomorrow, in which they'll purchase American weapons for Ukraine through the initiative. 6 countries have already contributed to the program, bringing the total tomorrow to 13. PURL packages come in increments valued at...

Germany 🇩🇪 has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine, valued at $100+ million usd, financed by an undisclosed country from the European Union. The package consists of the following: - 35 Skyranger Air Defense Systems, built on the Leopard 1 platform. The Skyranger Air Defense System...

Ukraine 🇺🇦 has quietly received BRAWLR air defense systems from USA 🇺🇸. The number of such systems delivered is unknown at this time, but the systems have reportedly shot down more than 400 aerial targets. BRAWLR is a truck mounted / portable and air defense system, compatible with a wide...

Greece 🇬🇷 announced that they will send a military aid package to Ukraine valued at approximately $250 million usd. The package consists of the following: - 60 M110A2 203mm Howitzers - 150,000 203mm Artillery Shells - 30,000 DPICM Cluster munitions - Thousands of 70mm Hydra Rockets -...

Today it was announced that Ukraine received a $4.6 Billion usd tranche of funding from the EU 🇪🇺 part of the ERA mechanism. This loan will be paid back using interest generated from frozen Russian assets. $2.3 Billion usd will fund the enormous surge of cash that the EU announced towards...

Ursula von der Leyen announced today that the European Union 🇪🇺 will send Ukraine $2.35 Billion usd for the purchase of drones and the further expansion of Ukraine's domestic drone production. https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-pledge-2-billion-euros-drones-for-ukraine-reparations-loan-idea/

With Donald Trump frustrated with Putin's unwillingness to cave on his maximalist demands, Zelensky announced today that that Ukraine has requested $90 Billion usd in arms from USA. The Pentagon is expected to look at the list and approve items that they are willing to sell Ukraine and Ukraine's...

Ukrainian 🇺🇦 President Zelensky has confirmed that Ukraine has received a Patriot Battery from Israel 🇮🇱 and that the system is currently operational and has been for approximately 1 month. Zelensky also noted that Ukraine will receive 2 additional Patriot Batteries this fall, from a...