I seem to recall around the change from Obama to Trump it was said Ukraine had no weapons and US was only sending something that was not for defense but blankets or some such. Suddenly Ukraine has a full blown military aligned on the border region. Something janky about all that business and what we are told versus reality. At this point I trust Putin more than the Ukraine hawks.
(From October 9, 2019)
“President Barack Obama stuck to his refusal to provide weapons or other lethal military gear to Ukraine.”
In May 2018, after Ukraine tested its new Javelin missiles, Poroshenko exulted on Twitter “Finally this day has come!” and personally thanked Trump “for supporting Ukraine and adopting a decision to provide Javelin antitank missile systems.”
https://nypost.com/2019/10/09/sorry-joe-team-obama-refused-to-arm-ukraine-at-all/