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Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom announced an air-defence coalition that would include jointly developing a new anti-ballistic missile system as an alternative and cheaper solution to the U.S. Patriot system...

Russia’s losses exceeded recruitment in December, January, February. Over the course of the winter, UAF drones have inflicted confirmed losses exceeding the number of personnel mobilized into the Russian army during the same winter period. Confirmed via Ukraine’s situational awareness system...

You may want to rethink the "smartassness" of that comment. Both the Afghanistan war against the USSR and the US were defensive wars against a larger nuclear-armed power; both times the larger nuclear-armed invader lost in the end.

Sweden and Ukraine signed a letter of intent for a future contract on the purchase of up to 150 modern Gripen E fighter jets to bolster the Ukrainian Air Force. https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-arrives-in-sweden-to-make-defense-export-announcement/

Two related news: 1. The call between Rubio and Lavrov, in which they were supposed to prepare the topics of discussion for the Budapest Trump-Putin meeting, did not go well: "A source familiar with the matter told CNN, though, that officials felt after the Rubio-Lavrov call that the Russian...

I see we're having a discussion about Russia's economy. Although Russia's own figures are notoriously unreliable, there are still some good indicators we can use. Russia’s own Economy Minister admitted that Russia’s economy is “on the brink of going into a recession” If current trends continue...

Toretsk and Chasiv Yar are not cities. Toretsk had a pre-war population of 31,000 (currently 1000-1500) while Chasiv Yar had a pre-war population of 12,000 (currently 1000). Russia is conquering small towns at the cost of tens of thousands of troops, while cities remain completely out of reach...

I typically leave your posts alone but this is an exceptionally misinformed post. 1- Zelenksy's latest approval rating is 65% (July 2025 polling - other polling shows similar results). 2- That's not at all how the US-Ukraine resource agreement works. If you look through my posts here I...

There's been a flurry of bipartisan legislative activity surrounding Ukraine ever since Trump softened his rhetoric towards Ukraine. This is going to be a long politics post. :) There's the legislation @Relic mentioned, introduced by Sen Wicker, who chairs of the Senate Armed Services...

US approves $330 million sale of weaponry- maintenance of M109s and air defenses 1. M109 Self-Propelled Howitzer Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul Capability The Government of Ukraine has requested to buy equipment and services for the refurbishment of M109 self-propelled howitzers, technical...

An absurd, short-sighted take. Ukraine’s 800,000-strong army is the largest in Europe, the most experienced in modern warfare, and battle-hardened through 10 years of war with Russia. It is the most powerful land army in Europe, and would strengthen any alliance. With Ukraine on Europe's side...

US tells Switzerland its order of Patriots will be delayed as Ukraine gets priority. Meanwhile, the Swiss defense ministry has just said that it was informed by the US Department of State that its deliveries of Patriot missile systems will be delayed as a result of its decision to reprioritize...

There are rumors that Fitzpatrick (one of the most pro-Ukrainian Republicans) voted no on the Big Beautiful Bill in part because of Ukraine aid, but there's a bit more to it than that. Fitzpatrick is in a very contested district and the Big Beautiful Bill is quite unpopular. Voting no on it will...

Israel or not, Trump is risk-averse, isolationist, and so far the signals point to him not wanting to commit to military action. The main scenario I see in which he joins is if he is convinced that the war is already practically won and he decides to share in the glory of being a victor. But I...

Trump Will Decide on Iran Attack ‘Within the Next Two Weeks,’ White House Says It's his favorite unit of time, two weeks: short enough for him to be able to claim he's considering it, long enough for media cycle to end and people to move on. He uses it when he's not going to do anything (recall...

I think so, yes. Air defense remains the top request Ukrainians make of allies, and IRIS-T is one of the better options from Europe that Ukraine operates. The other main requested ones are SAMP/T (France/Italy) and NASAMS (Norway).

The most important system is still Patriots. Patriot is a more advanced, longer range and can intercept ballistic missiles. IRIS-T has difficulty with ballistic missiles, though allegedly they're working on upgrades to enable IRIS-T to be able to shoot down ballistic missiles.

Germany is allocating an additional €1.9 billion in military aid to the €7 billion previously budgeted. This was announced by Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, who arrived in Kyiv today. In total, Germany's military aid in 2025 will amount to €8.9 billion, setting a new record for Berlin. It's...

This is fantastic news for Ukraine. Had Simion won it would have left Poland as the only country with a pro-Ukrainian government bordering Ukraine. Any Polish farmer/trucker border blockades (which happened multiple times, including one right now) would have a significant impact and considerable...

A while ago Australia had promised to deliver 49 M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, the same kind that the US had previously delivered. Earlier this year it was reported that there were issues with their delivery, with the reasoning allegedly being that the US was not authorizing the transfer. It...