The U.S. is sending Ukraine an additional $125 million in weapons to assist in its military operations against Russia, including much-needed air defense capabilities, radars to detect and counter enemy artillery and anti-tank weapons, the White House announced Friday.
The latest package comes as Ukraine has launched its largest ground offensive on Russian soil since the war began in February 2022. The offensive in the Kursk region has prompted Moscow to declare an emergency and send reinforcements there.
National security spokesman John Kirby said Ukraine’s use of U.S.-provided weapons in the offensive was in line with administration policies. The Biden administration has approved their use in cross-border counterstrikes against Russia but not against targets deeper inside Russia, although the specific distances are not clear.
The weapons in this latest aid package will be drawn from existing U.S. stocks and will include Stinger missiles, 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition, High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) ammunition and vehicles. It brings the total amount of U.S. aid to Ukraine since 2022 to $55.6 billion.
I’ve been following the offensive since it began. What I have noticed is that Russian trolls in social media and Youtube seem to have gone mum. The YouTube videos pertaining to Ukraine always have Russian trolls heckling. Now they say nothing.
As expected, the troll army don’t have any scripted PR disaster mitigation on this one. Kudos to the Ukrainians for surprising everyone! This has been in Ukraine’s sleeve all along!
I went over to [email protected] about an hour ago. I didn’t see a single post about the Ukrainian incursion into Russia. Either nobody posted it, or they removed the posts. You can guess which one is more likely.
Edit: there is now exactly one post about it: https://sh.itjust.works/post/23478673
Zero comments.
One comment now :p
Very very neutral to see if they remove it.
All I’ve seen in response is “hurr wouldn’t happen without US military industrial complex”
I’ve been missing that one.
Which just tells me you’re right, no response to this so they default back to old rhetoric.
Really makes me wish we’d approved the F-16s sooner