"Historic new security assistance for Ukraine"

Editor's note: It's also a historic number of deaths: Over 500,000 confirmed Ukrainian deaths. The last lethal aid transported through Ukraine on a train was located then destroyed when the Russian military dropped a few missiles on it. We certainly think the Pentagon planners have a better idea on how to transport this $6 billion in lethality better than the last shipment because the chances of Russia locating it and subsequently destroying it are very high. Unless of course the Pentagon doesn't really care considering this $6 billion benefits US weapon manufacturers. This maybe be a "historic new security assistance" for Ukraine, but for the Russians it is a historic destruction on a colossal scale. 

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Pentagon Unveils $6 Billion Arms Package for Ukraine

The new lethal aid comes as other NATO states debate whether to donate their own US-made air defense systems

by Will Porter | April 26, 2024

The US military has announced a $6 billion weapons transfer to Ukraine, including additional ammunition for the Patriot air defense platform, artillery rounds, drones, and other gear. The aid marks Washington's largest arms package to Kiev since the conflict with Russia erupted in 2022. 

The Pentagon outlined the latest military transfer on Friday, hailing the massive arms deal as a "historic" achievement. The weapons will be provided through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), meaning they will be purchased from arms-makers using newly authorized aid funds rather than drawn from existing US stocks. 

"This is the largest security assistance package that we've committed to date. It will include critical interceptors for Ukraine's Patriot and NASAMS air defense systems, more counter drone systems and support equipment, significant amounts of artillery ammunition, and air-to-ground munitions and maintenance and sustainment support," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters after the announcement.

The $6 billion will also pay for much-needed 155mm and 152mm artillery shells, Switchblade and Puma drones, as well as additional munitions for the US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS).

Asked when the weapons might arrive, Austin had no specifics, only saying the Pentagon would move "as fast as industry can produce." Compared to transfers sourced directly from military stockpiles, shipments under the USAI can take longer given the need to manufacture new equipment.

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The war of attrition against Russia grinds on. Consider for a moment the enormous expenditure of resources, manufacturing, man hours, time, money and effort expended with untold destruction and deaths to maintain this war. Wait until these NATO troops start moving east threatening Russia. It is almost as if the US is pushing Europe to destroy itself.

NATO Troops Start Pouring Into Ukraine 

If you were a NATO soldier moving into eastern Ukraine against the Russian military who have an additional 200,000 soldiers in training with a country now at full industrial military production what would you be thinking if you came under Russian artillery, drone and missile attack?

Biden's $61 billion and Kiev's conscription crackdown… Ukrainians are fleeing the NATO bloodbath, not Russia

The only way France can encourage their ground grunts to go kill Russians in Ukraine is to pay them off. Based on this going up against the Russians they will loose the tactical advantage. The French aren't fighting for their country, land, state and people like the Russians are. The French are fighting for money:

French Servicemen Promised Big Money for Fighting in Ukraine - Ex-Intel Officer

War has hsitorically been the first option for the British and nothing has changed in 300 years.

UK blocked Ukraine peace deal – Moscow