The Ukies are ones who have sold much off, much written about this. Pull up Kadyrov’s videos of captured US\western AT’4’s, N Laws and Stingers from Marioupol. Truck loads.
Kadyrov was very grateful, promised the old man he would return them..I am sure that video has been pulled long ago.
delta7: [The Ukies are ones who have sold much off, much written about this. Pull up Kadyrov’s videos of captured US\western AT’4’s, N Laws and Stingers from Marioupol. Truck loads.
Kadyrov was very grateful, promised the old man he would return them..I am sure that video has been pulled long ago.]
To sell all that equipment to Russia and not only stalemate it, but retake a good chunk of what the Russians had taken earlier - that’s quite an achievement. For some perspective, the US gave Russian 12% of its 1941 GDP to ward off German advances. That’s $3T relative to today’s economy. It represented 14,000 planes and 13,000 tanks. Ukraine has held Russia for 2+ years with 0 US planes and a couple of dozen US tanks. To do that *and* sell equipment to Russia is akin to sorcery.
https://www.rferl.org/a/did-us-lend-lease-aid-tip-the-balance-in-soviet-fight-against-nazi-germany/30599486.html
[the United States provided the Soviet Union with more than 400,000 jeeps and trucks, 14,000 aircraft, 8,000 tractors and construction vehicles, and 13,000 battle tanks.]