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UK sends troops, anti-tank weapons to Ukraine
Ukrinform ^ | 19-JAN-2022 | Ukrinform

Posted on 01/25/2022 7:03:41 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas

The United Kingdom has sent a group of around 30 elite troops and 2,000 anti-tank missile launchers to Ukraine amid fears of a new Russian invasion. That's according to Sky News, Ukrinform reports.

"The members of the Ranger Regiment - part of the army's newly-formed Special Operations Brigade - flew out on military planes that also airlifted a total of some 2,000 anti-tank missile launchers to the country during the course of this week," the media outlet said.

According to the report, a group of around 30 elite British troops arrived in Ukraine to help train the Ukrainian armed forces on new anti-tank weapons.

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2000 Next Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapon, (NLAW) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vZS_cpUkD0)

Several hundred Javelin missles. (210 is 2018, 180 in 2021 from USA, TBD from Baltic Countries).

Several thousand Ukrainian domestically produced Stugna-P anti-tank missiles (https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/01/11/ukraines-homemade-anti-tank-missile-has-been-blasting-more-and-more-rebel-vehicles/?sh=3cc290ed43ca)

Russia is estimated to have 1200 tanks for the invasion. They have outfitted their tanks with special cage armor (https://www.forbes.com/sites/sebastienroblin/2021/11/29/russian-tanks-massing-near-ukraine-sport-mods-against-drones-javelin-missiles/?sh=67f09e1065e9)

1 posted on 01/25/2022 7:03:41 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
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2000 Next Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapon, (NLAW) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vZS_cpUkD0)
Several hundred Javelin missles. (210 is 2018, 180 in 2021 from USA, TBD from Baltic Countries).

Several thousand Ukrainian domestically produced Stugna-P anti-tank missiles (https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/01/11/ukraines-homemade-anti-tank-missile-has-been-blasting-more-and-more-rebel-vehicles/?sh=3cc290ed43ca)

Russia is estimated to have 1200 tanks for the invasion. They have outfitted their tanks with special cage armor (https://www.forbes.com/sites/sebastienroblin/2021/11/29/russian-tanks-massing-near-ukraine-sport-mods-against-drones-javelin-missiles/?sh=67f09e1065e9)

1 posted on 1/25/2022, 9:03:41 AM by SpeedyInTexas


2 posted on 01/25/2022 7:03:58 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas (Localization, not Globalization)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

As it should be, FAKE POLL or not.
Consider it FAKE as
it does show Pence leading the Governor by one point...
IMPOSSIBLE! Pence is but a pinch hitter compared to DeSantis, known to knock the ball out of the park.


3 posted on 01/25/2022 7:29:55 AM PST by V K Lee (Our CONSTITUTION. Written with DIVINE assistence by very wise men. A document unlike any other.)
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The Russians are far more concerned if the Ukrainians have obtained and deployed a state of the art offensive drone system. The Azerbaganis deployed an Israeli designed offensive drone system and decimated Armenian armor.


4 posted on 01/25/2022 7:30:42 AM PST by allendale
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To: V K Lee

oops. wrong thread


5 posted on 01/25/2022 7:32:36 AM PST by V K Lee (Our CONSTITUTION. Written with DIVINE assistence by very wise men. A document unlike any other.)
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“The Azerbaganis deployed an Israeli designed offensive drone system and decimated Armenian armor.”

I thought it was Turkish drones. But point taken.


6 posted on 01/25/2022 7:46:40 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas (Localization, not Globalization)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Every world leader should read about the events leading to WWI and the aftermath. The lesson is simple, wars are easy to begin and impossible to control.


7 posted on 01/25/2022 7:51:06 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

I’m sure when Ike sent those advisors to South Vietnam, he had no idea what was coming.


8 posted on 01/25/2022 7:53:08 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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If Turkey attacked Ukraine from the rear, would Greece help?


9 posted on 01/25/2022 8:41:47 AM PST by MikeSteelBe (The South will be in the right in the next war of Northern aggression.)
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