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Interesting times are on their way. Trump is about to win the election. He has promised that he'll end the war in Ukraine. Most people assume that means he's going to immediately cut off Ukraine's support and make a deal with Vladimir Putin. If what people suspect is true, he'll pretty much...

You're not wrong. Such is life in geopolitics. Western aid is specifically geared towards ensuring that Russia leaves this conflict in geopolitical and domestic turmoil, while Ukraine leaves this war intact and closer to the West. Quietly, Western leaders are ok if that means hundreds of...

Lol, you're mischaracterizing my opinion. Never have I said that Ukraine has received enough material to win this war. But I'm making the correct observation that Ukraine IS receiving enough aid to not lose the war any time soon, while the Russian Army's vaunted Soviet stockpile is dwindling at...

They have quietly conscripted 160,000 additional soldiers, with a goal of 250,000 by the spring of 2025. Many of those soldiers will be used to replenish their existing brigades, however, they are in the process of creating 14 additional 2000+ member brigades that are being trained across Europe...

USA 🇺🇸 announced a significant new military aid package for Ukraine valued at $425 million usd. The package consists of the following: - 200 Stryker APCs - Vampire Counter UAS Systems - AIM-9X Missiles (NASAMS) - AIM-120 AMRAAM Missiles (NASAMS) - Stinger Anti-Aircraft Missiles - JDAMS / JSOW...

Norway 🇳🇴 announced a new $550 million usd aid package for Ukraine. It will consist of the following: - F-16 Fighter Jets (6 of which will be transferred this year). - NASAMS Air Defense Systems. - $118 million usd worth of weapons and spare parts for F-16s...

Croatia 🇭🇷 had agreed to sell 30 M-84 MBTs and 30 M-80 IFVs to Germany 🇩🇪 for transfer to Ukraine. This is part of a deal in which Croatia 🇭🇷 buys 50 new Leopard 2A8 MBTs from Germany at a reduced cost in exchange for the 60 pieces of armor they're sending Ukraine. This is part of a western...

Largely a "for show" strike. It's being widely reported (as expected this close to the election) that the American government said "no bueno" on any of Iran's oil production or nuclear production facilities.

I'll be really curious to see how Iran's air defense makes out. On numerous occasions I've heard that it's much improved. It would be cool to find out how effective it was against Israeli ALBMs.

They're not going to target anything critical. The U.S. Government has ensured that Iran's energy infrastructure and nuclear facilities are off the table unless Iran escalates further in return. This strike is designed to be effective, without being so destructive that Iran is forced to respond...

Probably a "nothing burger" with Israel 🇮🇱 targeting non-vital military sites in Iran 🇮🇷 in another show of "we can if we want to".

News on Ukraine's aviation front. - Ukraine will receive their first 12 Mirage 2000-5s from France 🇫🇷 in April. The pilots will finish training in France this fall, however, they will stay there for consolidation training until the aircraft are transferred. French missile manufacturer MBDA has...

The biggest single update of the war since USA 🇺🇸 passed its $61 Billion usd package for Ukraine in the spring of 2024. The G7 finalized it's plan today to lend Ukraine $50 Billion usd, which will be repaid by interest garnered from frozen Russian assets. The first tranche of the loan will be...

Britain 🇬🇧 announced a new $155 million usd military aid package for Ukraine today. The package consists of sea drones and coastal defense radars. Britain and Norway 🇳🇴 are also partnering to raise an additional $100 million usd to further ramp up this initiative aimed at protecting Ukraine's...

British Defense Minister John Healey confirmed that Britain 🇬🇧 will contribute $2.9 Billion usd to the G7's $50 Billion usd loan to Ukraine. The first tranche of that loan will be disseminated prior to the end of 2024. Healey noted that the entirety of Britain's portion of the loan will be...

Per the latest fact sheet for Ukraine USA has donated 900 M113 APCs to the Ukrainian military. Per the Oryx Website, 164 of those units have been destroyed, damaged and abandoned by Ukrainian Forces, with a small portioned captured by the Russians as well. What's vitally important is that...

This type of funding is critically important. It's much more expensive for USA defense contractors to build drones and ship them to Ukraine than it is for Ukraine to build them domestically. Ukraine has noted for months that it's own defense industry has significant spare capacity to create...

USA 🇺🇸 has agreed to loan $20 Billion usd to Ukraine for their military needs as part of the G7's promised $50 Billion usd that will be donated prior to the end of 2024. The loan will be paid back using interest garnered from frozen Russian assets. A portion of it will also be forgiveable after...

France 🇫🇷 announced that they will use $325 million worth of interest from frozen Russian assets to provide Ukraine with the following military aid package: - 12 CAESAR 155mm Howitzers - ASTER Air Defense Missiles - AASM Guided Bombs - 155mm Artillery Shells...

Two new military aid packages aid packages for Ukraine 🇺🇦 announced over the last 24 hours. Canada 🇨🇦 announced a new military aid package for Ukraine valued at $47 million usd. The package consists of the following: - C7 Assault Rifles - Small Arms Ammunition - Drone Coalition Funding -...