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RandySF

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Mon Feb 28, 2022, 07:16 PM Feb 2022

Denmark, Luxembourg join list of countries supplying military aid to Ukraine.

The Economist: “Russia’s biggest problem appears to be logistics. A Western official says that Russia has particular problems with engineering units. Ukraine has blown up many bridges, and Russia has been unable to get bridging units through congested roads. Russian tanks and other vehicles lie abandoned on the roadside, either broken-down or out of fuel, suggesting supply lines are overstretched, and support units are unable to keep up. Marooned units are prime targets for ambushes. Ukrainian forces have no shortage of arms with which to strike them—in recent days, Denmark, Luxembourg and Finland became the latest European countries to say they would supply thousands of anti-tank missiles.”

“Nor has Russia secured the skies. Western officials thought that Russian missiles would wipe out Ukraine’s air defences—a network of radars and surface-to-air missiles—in the first hours of a war. In fact, the strikes were lighter than expected, possibly to conserve low stocks of precision munitions.”





https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/02/28/the-woes-of-the-russian-war-machine-are-big-and-real-are-they-also-temporary

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Denmark, Luxembourg join list of countries supplying military aid to Ukraine. (Original Post) RandySF Feb 2022 OP
How much aid is the US giving to Ukraine. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #1
Biden approves $350 million in military aid for Ukraine Celerity Feb 2022 #2
Excellent. Thanks very much for the info. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #3
yw! cheers Celerity Feb 2022 #4
..... Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #7
Blinken said that a combined total of $1 billion in aide has been offered BigmanPigman Feb 2022 #6
yes, I posted that with my link (4 paragraph rule cut that part off) Celerity Feb 2022 #8
TY! Cha Feb 2022 #5
Let the armored vehicle crews know the anti-tank missiles are coming. lpbk2713 Feb 2022 #9

Celerity

(42,645 posts)
2. Biden approves $350 million in military aid for Ukraine
Mon Feb 28, 2022, 07:23 PM
Feb 2022
https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-approves-350-million-military-aid-ukraine-2022-02-26/

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden instructed the U.S. State Department to release up to an additional $350 million worth of weapons from U.S. stocks to Ukraine on Friday as it struggles to repulse a Russian invasion.

In a memorandum to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Biden directed that $350 million allocated through the Foreign Assistance Act be designated for Ukraine's defense.

Ukraine has been asking for Javelin anti-tank weapons and Stinger missiles to shoot down aircraft. On Saturday, Blinken said in a statement that this third authorization for weapons shipments to Ukraine was "unprecedented."

The Pentagon said the weapons included anti-armor, small arms, body armor and various munitions in support of Ukraine's front-line defenders. In addition, a State Department spokesperson said the materiel included anti-aircraft systems.

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Celerity

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8. yes, I posted that with my link (4 paragraph rule cut that part off)
Mon Feb 28, 2022, 08:31 PM
Feb 2022
The United States drew from U.S. weapons stocks to supply Ukraine in the fall of 2021 and then again in December. Over the past year the United States has committed more than $1 billion in security assistance to Ukraine, Blinken said.



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