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Originally Posted by Locke
Well...thats not entirely accurate either.
Ukraine is being supplied by NATO forces.
NATO cant put boots on the ground, but they've been fairly generous in terms of donating materiel. Very similar to what the US did in WWII with England prior to Pearl Harbour with the 'Lend/Lease' act.
Take those Western Weapons away and, despite the ineptitude of the Russian military we'd probably be seeing a very different story.
I think everyone is astonished at the amazing ineptitude of the Russian Army...but I'm just 'some guy' its not my job or even my hobby to know about Russian armament. You'd think the USA and/or NATO would have had a little bit more of a finger on the pulse there.
Because nobody should ever have been afraid of this.
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Oh I'm not arguing we aren't supplying Ukraine, but what we are supplying is older generations equipment we have mostly mothballed or older Russian gear that Poland and other ex Warsaw pact countries have swapped out for a promise of newer western gear, Ukraine is beating the tar out of Russia with our scraps and left overs, they arent flying F 35's or rolling out Abrahms, the only up to date kit we have sent them really are the manpads and Javelins, even the Himars and artillery rounds being sent while modern are limited in scope, we have far far better munitions we are not supplying Ukraine