Posted on 01/28/2025 12:00:51 PM PST by marcusmaximus
The U.S. military transferred around 90 Patriot air defense interceptors from storage in Israel to Poland this week in order to deliver them to Ukraine, three sources with knowledge of the operation tell Axios.
Why it matters: Getting more Patriot missiles to Ukraine has been a top priority for the Pentagon to help Kyiv defend against Russia's attacks on its critical infrastructure.
This is also the most significant delivery of weapons from Israel to Ukraine since the Russian invasion almost three years ago.
(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...
If this occurred this week, then it violated Trump’s E.O. about stoppage of all aid to foreign countries, except Israel and Egypt, wouldn’t it?
Military aid is excluded.
No. All aid was subject to a case by case review. I think this is leverage for upcoming negotiations.
“sources” I’ll take a wait and see....90 is a lot...
I think Russia has 90 new Targets...
This smells like Fake News.
Especially coming from a Zeeper like you.
In any case, the Secretary of State is authorized to make exceptions.
...(e) Waiver. The Secretary of State may waive the pause in Section 3(a) for specific programs...
Article title says "Scoop." More like "poop" I'd bet.
I think the Russian forces know that they are not welcome in most of Ukraine.
I think the Russians would most want to eliminate the Ukrainian Kursk salient. I don’t see much use of the Patriot missiles to block Russian efforts to do so.
We didn't normally give anyone foreign until after World War 2.
Now, it's become the new norm. The only issue is who gets it and how much.
We must revert to the norm. Even pass a Constitutional Amendment banning all foreign aid to all nations. Make it impossible for Congress or Presidents to get around it.
Patriot would be used to defend Kyiv and Odesa.
“three sources with knowledge of the operation tell Axios”
More unnamed sources.
Surprised Trump would allow this.
US military aid to Ukraine has not been suspended, states Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a press conference with Moldovan President Maia Sandu.
The president of Ukraine just stated:
“I know there are some restrictions, we need to look at them in detail. The restrictions are for 90 days on humanitarian programs. I know there are many institutions around the world that the US government previously supported. I don’t know about this, I don’t see this money. I can only say that Ukraine might not receive what I’m dealing with. I am focused on military aid, and it has not been stopped, thank God,” Zelenskyy stated.
The only weapons being shuffled to Ukraine are ones that have already been paid for.
“The U.S. military transferred around 90 Patriot air defense interceptors from storage in Israel to Poland this week in order to deliver them to Ukraine, three sources with knowledge of the operation tell Axios.”
Be interesting to see how Hegseth responds to this.
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