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Two huge factors at play there. 1. Ukraine ran low on missile interceptors due to the delay in the U.S. package. That is far less of a problem now. 2. Russia moved away from attempting concentrated strikes on places like Kyiv and Lviv where rationed air defenses remained reasonbly plentiful...

Most definitely, but it's a compounding effect in the sense that Ukraine will run 24/7 sorties, with additional pilots ready to take on a moment's notice, in order to act as airborne air defense against incoming projectiles. One F-16 has sufficient pylon capacity to carry 6 AIM-120 AMRAAM and /...

USA 🇺🇸 National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan announced today that we can expect to see yet another Presidential Drawdown Authority package for Ukraine in the coming days. The previous one was announced last Friday, however, Sullivan spoke to the importance of getting PDA packages to Ukraine as...

I expect him to commit suicide soon by poisoning himself, shooting himself 9 times, and falling down a flight of stairs, through a 5th story window.

Canada 🇨🇦 will purchase approximately 130 IRIS-T air defense missiles from Germany 🇩🇪, for Ukraine's IRIS-T SLM and SLS systems. It will cost Canada $76 million dollars to complete the purchase. Each missile will costs between $350,000-$450,000 usd. The iniative is rumored to be raising funds...

Germany 🇩🇪 has proposed to NATO the concept of NATO defending Ukraine's Western airspace from Romania and Poland. The idea is that Western air defense systems and aircraft would intercept Russian drones and missiles launched into Western Ukraine, without crossing into Ukrainian territory. That...

Australia 🇦🇺 is sending Ukraine an undisclosed number of SAAB RBS 70 NG air defense systems with laser targeting. These portable SHORAD systems are ideal for intercepting drones and CAS aircraft out to a range of 10km. https://mastodon.social/@MAKS23/112423563354266183

Ukraine shot down another Russian SU-25 today, the second one in a week. They also recently shot down a Russian SU-34, killing the crew, which the Russians acknowledged. It's good to see that the influx of American military aid is immediately causing Russian losses to ramp back up. That's...

Very interesting. Ukraine is visually confirmed to have lost to 78 out the original 196 Bradley IFVs that USA sent them, leaving approximately 118 remaining. USA announced that as of today they have now send "more than 300 Bradley IFVs" to Ukraine, which means they've donated 105+ new over the...

Andrew Perpetua's visually confirmed and geolocated losses for Russia and Ukraine, Thursday, May 9th. Of note, Russia has started trying to use their coveted T-90s near the front again. They lost 3 of them today, as has been the case anytime they try to use them as the front. Expect the see the...

Germany 🇩🇪 will purchase 3 M142 HIMARS systems for from USA 🇺🇸 for Ukraine, at a cost of $30 million usd. https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/ukraine-high-mobility-artillery-rocket-systems

Canada 🇨🇦 is donating $55.5 million usd to the German 🇩🇪 led initiative to immediately procure additional air defense systems for Ukraine. The money was announced today by Minister of National Defence, Bill Blair...

USA 🇺🇸 just announced a new $400 million usd military aid package for Ukraine. The package will come from Presidential Drawdown Authority and will be shipped to Ukraine immediately. Full contents of the package: - M142 HIMARS - Bradley IFVs - M113 APCs - MRAPS (undisclosed type) - AIM-9M...

Germany 🇩🇪 has agreed to buy 3 M142 HIMARS from USA existing inventories, for transfer to Ukraine. This makes complete sense given that it has been visually confirmed that Russia has destroyed / severely damaged 3 of Ukraine's M142 HIMARS units. This transfer will bring Ukraine back to a full...

There has been a lot of misinformation and a lack of clarity surrounding what's happening in witht the Czech 🇨🇿 led initiative to procure at least 800,000 artillery shells for Ukraine, to be delivered in 2024. Here is an update. Today Czech President Petr Pavel announced that the first 180,000...

This is a genuine issue that is being worked on, but takes time to rectify... On the M777 front, BAE has restarted a parts line for the M777, with barrels being at the top of the list. They signed an initial $50 million usd contract with the U.S. military for the production of parts and they...

France 🇫🇷 is quietly refurbishing SCALP-EG cruise missiles and sending them to Ukraine. The refurbishment process takes approximately 3 months, and costs about 25% of the price of producing a new missile. Simultaneously, they are buying back SCALP-EG cruise missiles previously sold to...

After a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, Romanian 🇷🇴 officials are considering sending one of their Patriot Missile batteries to Ukraine 🇺🇦 to support Ukrainian air defense. Germany 🇩🇪 Recently agreed to send another of their Patriot batteries and Italy 🇮🇹 recently agreed to send one of...

It will be interesting to see what route the West ultimately takes, but this info serves as a follow up to the previously iniative I mentioned recently. The European Union 🇪🇺 is looking to confiscate all of the interest earned on Russian foreign assets frozen in their banks, and send that...

Ukraine's most pressing needs are artillery shells and air defense systems and both Europe 🇪🇺 and USA 🇺🇸 are actively working to solve those problems in the short, intermediate and long terms. Simultaneously, Ukraine is working on its personnel problem through additional conscription. What's...