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Actually, primary CAS for Ukraine right now has come in the form of MI-24 helicopters and FPV drones. Those have been, by far their most consistent CAS platforms as the line of contact.

Ukraine 🇺🇦 has already committed $42 Billion usd towards the war for 2024, a 40% increase on what they spent in 2023. USA 🇺🇸 will, eventually pass the $61 Billion usd that Biden is looking for. Germany 🇩🇪 has committed an additional 8 Billion Euros for 2024. Canada 🇨🇦 will at least match this...

Germany 🇩🇪 will double the amount of military aid to Ukraine that they had initially intended to send in 2024. The original plan for Germany was to send $4 Billion usd in military aid in 2024, but Germany has decided to double the amount of aid that they will send to $8 Billion. Canada 🇨🇦 has...

Some fine dressed ladies and gentlemen! Heck, they even invited some people dressed as wizards. Always interesting to see the apparel choice of people from around the world! We've got some funny dress in our neck of the woods as well!

I'm always shocked by what seems like a lot of money to people that live in that region. $7 billion, seems like so little in the grand scheme of things, similar to the $4 billion USA gives Israel every year. For context, $3.4 Billion worth of trade (goods and services) crosses the USA / Canada...

A Nov 1st Ukrainian 🇺🇦 strike on the Russian command centre in the Dnipro region killed 3 of the command group's most senior officers, according to published Russian obituaries. Colonel Vadym Dobryakov (Deputy Head of the Dnipro Control Centre) Colonel Oleksandr Galkin (Deputy Head of the...

Maybe a 4th would have driven the point home? On a serious note, I'm glad you got out alive!

My point has not changed. War is what it is. It's nasty and brutal. Nobody is calling for the targeting of citizens, only acknowledgeding that naturally, citizens will be killed in any conflict that involves a massive bombing campaign against militants imbeded with the civilian population. This...

German 🇩🇪 arms dealer Rheinmetall will provide Ukraine with 100,000, 120mm mortar rounds, paid for by the German government. Deliveries will begin prior to the end of 2023 and will extend through 2024 and early 2025...

European Union 🇪🇺 will use "workaround" legislation to ensure that Hungary CANNOT block he EU's planned 50 Billion Euro aid package for Ukraine. They will also continue to freeze 22 Billion Euros worth of EU money that would be destined for Hungary...

It's really sad to see people being forced from their homes and required to walk to relative safety. I genuinely feel bad for these folks. That said, I'd ultimately much rather they be escorted to safety than to be stuck in an urban war zone among combatants.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to South Korea on Wednesday for two days of conferences with South Korea's President, National Security Advisor and Foreign Minister. The parties will discuss, among other things, North Korea's supply of weapons to Russia. South Korea's...

Excellent news about Russia mass refurbishing old tanks, which will make up the majority of the "new" tanks that they introduce into their inventories. That tells us two key things... 1. They have deeply taxed their current arsenal of operational tanks and the Oryx list is relatively accurate...

They key to this article is the following. 1. Russia produces 125,000 shells per month, enough for them to maintain a 4000 shell per day rate, assuming none of that ammunition is destroyed before it gets to the front. As we've seen in this war, that rarely happens. 2. Russia is actually firing...

At least in the short term, Ukraine has a lack of skilled / highly trained soldiers available to use all of the sophisticated equipment that the West is sending them. Attrition has hit the Ukrainians hard, as it has the Russians, however, unlike Russia, Ukraine doesn't have an unlimited stream...

Continuing to find and hit significant Russian ammunition depots will allow Ukraine to undermine any Russian logistics as it relates to meaningful advance. In particular, hitting Russia's dwindling supply of artillery rounds and guided ordinance, will help keep Ukraine in the fight ahead of...

They might destroy the tunnel system below Gaza, but an occupation force is not going to accomplish anything of substance. They'll wind up leaving at some point, and the region will simply be in a worse situation then when the bombing campaign began. There is very little to be gained from a...

Israel taking plenty of casualties in Gaza, as expected. Any time you commit ground troops to an urban setting, with thousands of fairly well armed militants on the opposing side, you can expect significant casualties. Would anyone be shocked if Israeli ground forces suffered 5000+ military...

How about a couple Patriot systems with PAC 3 missiles instead, as well as the block 70/72 F-16s you guys want, in exchange for 24 Firtina I howitzers, 750,000 155mm artillery shells and 50 Leopard 1 MBTs with associated shells for Ukraine? Old stuff that you guys are in the process of...

While this might not be a popular opinion, a stalemate for the time being is still a win for the West. Keep in mind that the West has two goals in this war. 1. To ensure that Ukraine is not overtaken, allowing Putin to think that Russia can expand with impunity. 2. To ensure that the Soviet...