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This is a common misconception, that Russian power defeated Nazism and drawing a parallel to today. It rests on numerous fallacies:
1. Russia was part of the much larger Soviet Union.
In the 1937 Soviet census the population of the USSR was 162 million, of which:
Russia: 103 967 924
Ukraine: 28 387 609
All others: ~30m
In 1937, the USSR was #3 in population in the world, and #2 in GDP in the world.
In 2023, Russia is the #9 in population in the world, and #11 in GDP in the world.
A colossal difference. The second largest country in the USSR is now fighting against it, not with it.
2. The USSR would have lost the war without aid from the US. This is not up for debate, and is according to both Stalin, Zhukov and Khrushchev.
Here is a quote from the memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev: "I would like to express my candid opinion about Stalin's views on whether the Red Army and the Soviet Union could have coped with Nazi Germany and survived the war without aid from the United States and Britain. First, I would like to tell about some remarks Stalin made and repeated several times when we were "discussing freely" among ourselves. He stated bluntly that if the United States had not helped us, we would not have won the war. If we had had to fight Nazi Germany one on one, we could not have stood up against Germany's pressure, and we would have lost the war. No one ever discussed this subject officially, and I don't think Stalin left any written evidence of his opinion, but I will state here that several times in conversations with me he noted that these were the actual circumstances. He never made a special point of holding a conversation on the subject, but when we were engaged in some kind of relaxed conversation, going over international questions of the past and present, and when we would return to the subject of the path we had traveled during the war, that is what he said. When I listened to his remarks, I was fully in agreement with him, and today I am even more so. "
Furthermore:
- Stalin told Harry Hopkins, FDR's emissary to Moscow in 1941, that the USSR could not match Germany's might as an occupier of Europe and its resources.
- At the Tehran conference in 1943, Stalin publicly stated: "Without American machines the United Nations could never have won the war."
- Marshall Zhukov, who was the top commander for the USSR during WWII stated in 1963: "One cannot deny that the Americans shipped over to us material without which we could not have equipped our armies held in reserve or been able to continue the war."
3. Russia is not defending, it is attacking. I hope I don't need to explain how much more difficult it is to fight a war of aggression in a motivated foreign country than at home against an invader.
I'm not even going to touch the ridiculous statements about Zionists, globalists, devils and Russia being humanity's last hope.
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has announced a new, $800 million. USD aid package for Ukraine. The package is robust and contains some new capabilities.
that they will start using them big time on
will send additional M109-L Howitzers to Ukraine. You can see them being prepared to be shipped here. Italy had 221 M109-L in service, however, they retired them in favour of the Panzerhaubitze 2000. They previously donated 60 M109-L to Ukraine and have 160'ish left in storage. It's unknown exactly how many of those 160 are combat ready.
is, apparently, preparing to send, they will serve to to significantly bolster Ukraine's artillery capability.
has been finding quiet ways to help in this war, without sending military supplies directly to Ukraine. Considering the Firtina is an analog of the South Korean K9 Thunder, it would be great to see Turkey agree to send 24 (battalion + 6 spares) Firtina howitzers to Ukraine, backfilled by the South Koreans, who have 1200 of the systems (many of which are in storage).
would just send more Krab 155's or Dana 152's if anything. Ukraine already uses both systems and placed a big order for additional Krabs with Poland last year. Makes more sense for them... That said, Poland is also supplying 24 M120 RAK self-propelled mortars. It's hard to ask much more out of Poland right now unless another country is going to backfill them immediately. 
