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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 missiles (NASAMS)
- AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles (NASAMS)
- GMLRS (HIMARS)
- FrankenSAM air defense systems
- PAC 2/3 PATRIOT missiles
- Precision arial munitions (JDAMS)
- HARM anti-radiation missiles
- Stinger air defense missiles
- TOW missiles
- Javelin anti-armor missiles
- AT4 anti-armor rockets
- 155mm artillery shells
- 105mm artillery shells
- Riverine Patrol vessels
- Demolitions equipment
- Small arms ammunition and grenades
- Chemical /Biological / Nuclear equipment
- Spare parts and ancillary equioment

USA 🇺🇸 has now sent $1.4 of $7.8 Billion usd worth of hardware from Presidential Drawdown Authority approved by Congress in the April supplemental bill.

 
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Probably the most beautiful, recorded destruction of the patriot's system done by an iskander missile
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At least there is reassurance that Poland won't invade Belarus.
 

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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.

 

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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 confirmed Russian losses spike significantly over the coming month, as fresh stocks of U.S. weapons flow into the country and Russia pushes on the offensive. The combination of offensive action and prepared, supplied defenses, always leads to a significant uptick in casualties.

 

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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 last two packages since new funding has been approved. With at least 223 Bradleys, Ukraine now has more than units than at any point in the conflict. Despite Russia's best efforts to destroy them, Ukraine's fleet has actually grown. That's a very positive sign as Ukraine uses Bradley's very effectively.

USA 🇺🇸 has more than 2,500 Bradleys in storage that they'll never use again. Each unit probably takes $200,000-$300,000 dollars to bring back to fighting shape. As the supply of BMPs across Europe dwindles, Bradleys and Marders need to become Ukraine's core IFVs. In particular, I'd like to see USA refurbish 25-50 units per month for the rest of 2024 and equip a second brigade with them that serves a similar role as the 47th Brigade that currently uses them.
 

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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 last two packages since new funding has been approved. With at least 223 Bradleys, Ukraine now has more than units than at any point in the conflict. Despite Russia's best efforts to destroy them, Ukraine's fleet has actually grown. That's a very positive sign as Ukraine uses Bradley's very effectively.

USA 🇺🇸 has more than 2,500 Bradleys in storage that they'll never use again. Each unit probably takes $200,000-$300,000 dollars to bring back to fighting shape. As the supply of BMPs across Europe dwindles, Bradleys and Marders need to become Ukraine's core IFVs. In particular, I'd like to see USA refurbish 25-50 units per month for the rest of 2024 and equip a second brigade with them that serves a similar role as the 47th Brigade that currently uses them.

Even more interesting:

Ukraine early in the war could be characterized by lacking on weapon but lots of will to fight.

Ukraine at this stage of the war, lots of weapons but very little will to fight.
 

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Mass surrender among Ukrainian natives after yesterday's offensive in Kharkov
I'm curious about describing Ukrainians as 'natives'. Do you describe the people of Indonesia as 'natives', Gary, or are undertones of racism restricted to describing people different to you?
 

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I'm curious about describing Ukrainians as 'natives'. Do you describe the people of Indonesia as 'natives', Gary, or are undertones of racism restricted to describing people different to you?

Russia is an imperialists as per Western talking points yes?

What imperialists always do is grab land and steal women from the natives right?

Also isn't Ukrainians native to the land? Or is it simply not true? And the land Russia fought for right now belongs to ethnic Russians?
 

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Russia is an imperialists as per Western talking points yes?

What imperialists always do is grab land and steal women from the natives right?

Also isn't Ukrainians native to the land? Or is it simply not true? And the land Russia fought for right now belongs to ethnic Russians?
You did not answer my question. Never mind.
 

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Footage of the impact of the Russian kamikaze drone "Lancet-52" on the Ukrainian Supacat HMT air defense system, British production. The Supacat HMT air defense system was quickly developed in the UK to quickly equip the Ukrainian army. The air defense system is equipped with AIM-132 ASRAAM missiles with a flight range of up to 20 km. As a result of the Lancet drone strike, a strong fire started in the Supacat HMT air defense system, completely destroying the launcher.

 

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