Zelensky said Ukraine received $46B in military support from the US over 3 years. An additional $15B worth of arms hasn't even arrived. So that's $61B, pretty close to $65.9B claimed by the State Department, which is also a BS number since it hasn't all been delivered. - ThreadSky

igorsushko.bsky.social • 26 days ago

Zelensky said Ukraine received $46B in military support from the US over 3 years. An additional $15B worth of arms hasn't even arrived. So that's $61B, pretty close to $65.9B claimed by the State Department, which is also a BS number since it hasn't all been delivered.

Reposted from Igor Sushko

🧵 "$174B sent to Ukraine" is a myth
📌 U.S. only sent $65.9B in military aid to Ukraine (State Dept, Jan 20, 2025). $22B/year.
📌 More than $51.2B of supposed "Ukraine military aid" spent on our own defense industrial base instead.
📌 Russia spends $160B/year on the war. 8x what we sent Ukraine.

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itautra.bsky.social•25 days ago

The IS...sorry, the US government has been way too busy with supplying the Israel warmachine. Now they are in for a landgrab, of course on behalf of Israel. The Biden administration wasn't a tad better, they halted Ukraine's efforts to stop Putin, and filled Netanyahu's destruction machinery.

arpixa.bsky.social•26 days ago

Trump's Russian friends thank. It could have been worse for them if Ukraine had had all promised help.

the-fishing-guy.bsky.social•26 days ago

In effect, had Ukraine gotten $160 billion in military aid, then this war would have happened completely differently.

jeremybyington.bsky.social•26 days ago

It is hard to say that $160B would’ve made the war MUCH quicker. All the F-16 and Patriot training took time, the West couldn’t initially produce enough shells and ammo to keep up with Ukraine’s demand, and Ukraine had to shake off their Soviet habits that were causing senseless KIAs.

jeremybyington.bsky.social•26 days ago

It was definitely a fail on our part not to send more air defense systems and HIMARS right away and to approve taking out military targets on Russian soil to stop the missile strikes.

the-fishing-guy.bsky.social•25 days ago

I’ll respectfully disagree here. ATACMS + HIMARS + F-16 + Bradleys + Abrams + Tomahawk + massive quantities of rifles and ammo + mine clearing equipment… and send it all in massive quantities in late 2022, by 2023 the UAF could have challenged ruzzia on many fronts. Also, no attack restrictions.

8tacocat8.bsky.social•25 days ago

The high cost of US military "aid" frustrates Zelensky, but he is diplomatic and restrained when pointing it out. Ukraine is working hard to become self sufficient in defensive.

You say Russia is spending $160bn/year - how many donkeys does that buy after Putin and his gang take their cut?

markmagiera.bsky.social•25 days ago

Gen. Corn Flake is conveying a half truth. The $ allocated by Congress to permit arms to Ukraine, funds the back-stock OR re-stocking of the US arsenal (Most Definitely with Modern replacements). Hence the "some of it stays in the US" is actually MOST of it stays in the US & is paid to the def ind

followmal.bsky.social•26 days ago

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musiccomposer.com•26 days ago

60 billion is what the DOD spends in one day. the cons are beholden to putin and will do everything leon wants to get kiev into putins hands. not going to happen................................

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