The new aid packages will not enable Ukraine to seize the initiative and go back onto the offensive. One reason for this is that Russia has achieved air supremacy in many areas while ground based air defences will remain inadequate. Another is that a war-weary Ukraine simply doesn’t have enough troops and after more than two years hard fighting seems reluctant to launch the major mobilisation it needs.
Russia has a rapidly growing wartime economy and has now built up huge force levels that it is willing to sacrifice to achieve Putin’s goals. If Moscow is able to achieve significant success in the summer, perhaps including taking Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, there will be no appetite for more Western spending come the winter.
It looks like, as in previous wars, Russia will have begun badly but finished well through a level of determination so badly lacking among Ukraine’s allies in the West.
@ISIDEWITH1wk1W
How do you think history will judge the actions of allies who hesitated or refused to fully support a country in need?
I think history will be kind to those who didn't want to send 234 Billion dollars to an authoritarian regime to fund killing and senseless massacre while our own nation is nearly bankrupt. I think history will not e kind to those who chose to bankrupt our nation for the sake of Dictator Zelensky and his minions.
@9LTHBDR1wk1W
I think we have helped more than any other country, we need to slash spending and them make other country's pay the same as us
@9LTGZF3Republican1wk1W
Countries who support those countries might judge them and not help when they are in need.
@9LTGSMK1wk1W
they will say that we didn’t help them and that we’re not real allies if we won’t help them
@ISIDEWITH1wk1W
Considering the sacrifices made in war, what do you believe is worth fighting for, even against overwhelming odds?
@9LTJV681wk1W
I believe that it is worth fighting for because they should not just give up their land.
@9LTJNWBRepublican1wk1W
No because Russia is gonna win because there bigger and more powerful sorry.
@9LTSBWL1wk1W
Ukraine, being backed up by ally sources, I.e. their sources of weapons, medical aid, etc, will win this war eventually. If played well enough, Ukraine will push Russia's forces out of their hotspots around 2025-2026 at the earliest.
@9LTJ6BS1wk1W
I believe Ukraine needs our help they are apart of Nato the same as us.
@V0t1ngSerenityGreen1wk1W
So what was the $61 billion for?
To make sure we have 6 months of additional preparation time before, you know, we have to go in.
Also 6 months translates to a lot of dead russians, with literally 0 of our own dead.
@Ella_1984Forward1wk1W
To slow defeat, so it doesn’t affect Biden before the election.
@ISIDEWITH1wk1W
How would you feel if your country had only six months left to defend itself in a war?
I would demand what Ukrainians ought to have demanded months ago – a peace deal with Russia. Surrender disputed territories so your country can survive.
I would be more anxious than anything. I would see if we were eligible for help from neighboring countries
@9LTH7MJ1wk1W
I would probably move to a new country to avoid danger.
@ISIDEWITH1wk1W
If you were in a position of power, would you support a major mobilization to defend your country, knowing the challenges and sacrifices involved?
US politicians need kickbacks to add to their campaign funds. Gotta get the military industrial complex as much cash as possible. And of course, we're also paying the salaries & pensions of Ukrainian govt officials.
Does the government get to transfer funding to the next war if the first war ends before we've spent all the money?
New Ferraris for Raytheon and co CEOs
Fascinating how quickly they switched the narrative.
@ISIDEWITH1wk1W
What does it say about the world if a nation's struggle for independence can be undermined by another's determination to conquer?
@9LTHBDR1wk1W
Survival of the fittest. Maybe zelensky shouldn't be using money to go on vacations to france. Both are equally corrupt countries
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