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Truthfully, I'm not. If it was a nuclear power, surely, but I'm not convinced the same protection would be guaranteed to a non-nuclear member. Although, God willing, it would. Watching the people of Moscow or another major Russian city vaporized into the history books due to the Government...

That's not what I said, at all. I said that a tactical nuclear weapon used in Ukraine would lead to the West imposing a no fly zone over Ukraine, which would spell disaster for the Russian war effort on the ground. I said that only a nuclear weapon used on a NATO city would lead to a nuclear...

Let's be very clear, Putin is not using a nuclear weapon. If he does use a tactical nuke it will immediately draw the much more powerful West into the war, they'll put a "no fly zone" over Ukraine, Russia's land forces will be sitting ducks, and the Chinese will immediately cut ties with Russia...

Ukraine 🇺🇦 has met the neccessary prerequisites to receive a new $500 million usd tranche of funding through the IMF. The funds will be transferred to Ukraine in the coming days. https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/kharkiv-under-fire-and-ukraine-gets-new-imf-1748584149.html

Interesting development on something I originally mentioned over a year ago. Switzerland 🇨🇭 has officially sold 71 Leopard 1A5 MBTs to Germany 🇩🇪, under the condition that they are not sent to Ukraine via Germany. This fleet of Leopard 1s is located in Italy and owned by Swiss company Ruag...

I've seen several sources indicating that Germany intends to work with Ukraine to quickly produce their own domestic long range missiles. I'm sure they'll send Taurus in a limited quantity at some point, but Germany only ever ordered 600 units and some have been used, while others reportedly...

Germany 🇩🇪 announced $5.65 Billion usd in fresh military aid for Ukraine today. The package represents the largest single commitment by Germany to this point in the war. Granual details were not announced, however, the following details were shared: - A $2.4 Billion usd contract was signed...

Britain 🇬🇧 and Ukraine 🇺🇦 have jointly announced a deal that will see Britain spend $3 Billion usd on weapons for Ukraine sourced from Ukraine's domestic defense industry and partners around the world. The funds will be released in 3 installments in 2025 and 2026 and will be funded by frozen...

The European Union 🇪🇺 has officalliy adopted a $170 Billion usd fund called SAFE (Security Action For Europe) as part of a broader plan to rearm Europe. The fund will help see European weapons production effectively double and member states + Ukraine 🇺🇦 can take low interest loans from the pot...

The Netherlands 🇳🇱 announced the delivery of the last batch 24 F-16s for Ukraine. The final batch was delivered to Belgium 🇧🇪 today where they will be ferried to Ukraine by their own combat pilots. The Netherlands also announced that they have started to train a new batch of Ukrainian F-16...

Sweden 🇸🇪 announced a new military aid package for Ukraine today. The package is valued at $447 million usd and consists of the following: - $105 million for domestic production of weapons in Ukraine through the Danish model - $38.9 million usd for the purchase of undisclosed armored vehicles...

Bloomberg is reporting that the military aid that Joe Biden "surged" to Ukraine at the end of his Presidency will run out in the summer months and that as expected, Donald Trump will not announce further aid to Ukraine through donation. The same sources are reporting that the U.S. will keep...

Finland 🇫🇮 announced a new military aid package for Ukraine, valued at $100 million usd. The package will consist entirely of domestically produced artillery shells and will be funded using the proceeds from frozen Russian assets. Finland is currently in the process of doubling it's annual...

Multiple reports indicate that Italy 🇮🇹 will send an additional SAMP/T air defense battery to Ukraine as part of it's 11th military aid package. This marks the 3rd SAMP/T battery that Ukraine will receive and the 2nd from Italy (France 🇫🇷 sent the other). SAMP/T is one of the the two tier 1...

It's really important that the Americans lift any and all restrictions, ensuring that all 49 units are transferred ASAP. Hell, they should sell an additional 100 units out of storage to the Ukrainians, in order to increase the fleet size substantially. Ukraine's two biggest needs right now are...

Denmark 🇩🇰 announced a new military aid package for Ukraine today valued at $600 million usd. The package consists of the following: - F-16 Spare Parts and Support - Additional Funding For 155mm Artillery Shells Through Czechia 🇨🇿...

Italy 🇮🇹 has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine, the 11th such package the Italians have sent since the outset of the war. The package includes the following: - 400 M113s APCs - Aster 30 Air Defense Missiles (SAMP/T) - Satellite reconnaissance...

A train carrying 18 Cheetah (Gepard) air defense systems was seen traveling through Germany 🇩🇪, on route to Ukraine. USA 🇺🇸 and The Netherlands 🇳🇱 teamed up to buy 60 units of the air defense system from Jordan 🇯🇴, approximately 2 years ago. Those 60 units were to be shipped back to Germany in...

Ukraine is actually slowly reaching a point where they don't need all of Europe's self-propelled howitzers to be sent to them in a given year. The limitation is not howitzers, it's availability of artillery shells and barrels. Ukraine is now receiving CAESAR, Panzerhaubitze 2000, Krab, Zuzana...

French 🇫🇷 President Macron announced today that France will send all CAESAR howitzers produced by Nexter in 2025 to Ukraine. Nexter is producing 12 CAESAR howitzers per month (144 units per year). Funding for the purchase is coming from France's own 2025 commitment and interest from Russian...