Posted on 05/04/2025 9:59:34 AM PDT by Cronos
Ukraine is getting more help in its war with Russia. A Patriot air-defense system that was based in Israel will be sent to Ukraine after it is refurbished, four current and former U.S. officials said in recent days, and Western allies are discussing the logistics of Germany or Greece giving another one.
...The White House’s National Security Council does not provide details on the strength and placement of defense systems, said James Hewitt, a spokesman for the council
The delivery, which has not been previously reported, comes as Russia has stepped up its attacks on Ukraine, including an April 24 missile strike on Kyiv that was the deadliest since last summer.
A year ago, allies struggled to answer Mr. Zelensky’s demand for seven Patriot systems. Although Ukraine now has eight, only six are functioning. The other two are being refurbished, one of the U.S. officials said. With the one from Israel, and one from Germany or Greece, Ukraine would have 10 Patriot systems in total, largely to protect the capital, Kyiv.
..On April 24, a Russian ballistic missile killed 13 people and injured almost 90 others in Kyiv. In a rare rebuke of Mr. Putin, Mr. Trump wrote on social media, “Vladimir, STOP!” He later said there was no reason for Mr. Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas. “It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he’s just tapping me along.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
No, please. We don’t need to be drawn into a third World/Euro war.
Out of NATO, out of the UN. Time to tend to our homefront.
#1 Trump fan here, but the Ukraine minerals deal is an EPIC MISTAKE that will draw us into a deeper war with Russia which is EXACTLY what the Deep State wants.
On the FR board now:
Ukraine said 120,000 useless mortar rounds were sent to its front line after a manufacturer tried to cut costs
It’s gotta have an effect. Can’t believe Russian people continue to support the dying.
House Republicans COULDN'T EVEN MUSTER THE VOTES TO IMPEACH MAYORKAS !!!
The last thing we need to do is give Ukraine anymore military aid, even refurbished junk.
All hell will break loose if Trump authorizes any new military aid to Ukraine.
I assume he knows that.
More American Air Defense Is on the Way to Help Ukraine
FTA——Ukraine is getting more help in its war with Russia. A Patriot air-defense system that was based in Israel will be sent to Ukraine after it is refurbished, four current and former U.S. officials said in recent days, and Western allies are discussing the logistics of Germany or Greece giving another one.
A year ago, allies struggled to answer Mr. Zelensky’s demand for seven Patriot systems. Although Ukraine now has eight, only six are functioning. The other two are being refurbished, one of the U.S. officials said. With the one from Israel, and one from Germany or Greece, Ukraine would have 10 Patriot systems in total, largely to protect the capital, Kyiv.
axios.com report
by Barak Ravid
1/30/25
US sending dozens of Patriot missiles from Israel to Ukraine
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. 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. Last April, the Israeli Air Force officially decommissioned the Patriot air defense system, more than 30 years after it was first given to Israel during the first Gulf War. The system became less relevant as Israel developed its own munition industry developed air defense systems, and most Patriot batteries were used for training or left in storage. The sources tell Axios that after the IDF announced the decommissioning, Ukrainian officials approached the U.S. and Israel with an idea: Israel would give those missiles back to the U.S. to be refurbished and sent on to Ukraine
For several months, Israel dragged its feet out of concern Russia would retaliate, perhaps by supplying sophisticated weapons to Iran. A Ukrainian official tells Axios Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to take his calls on that issue for weeks. But in late September, Netanyahu finally approved the idea, an Israeli official says. At the time, Netanyahu wanted to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in order to get his approval for ultra-Orthodox Israelis to make an annual pilgrimage to the city of Uman in Ukraine, where a famous Rabbi is buried.
Zelensky wouldn’t take his call until Netanyahu approved the Patriot deal, the Ukrainian official says. A spokesperson for Netanyahu told Axios the prime minister didn’t object to the decommissioning of the Patriot system and its return to the U.S. and denied any connection between this and the pilgrimage. The Pentagon declined to comment for this story, as did a spokesperson for U.S. European Command.
A senior Israeli official told me Israel informed Russia in advance of the move and stressed it was “only returning the Patriot system to the U.S.” and not supplying weapons to Ukraine. The official said Israel told Russia it was a similar move to the one the U.S. made two years ago when it transferred artillery shells from emergency storage in Israel to Ukraine. A spokesperson for the Israeli prime minister’s office confirmed a Patriot system had been returned to the U.S., adding “it is not known to us whether it was delivered to Ukraine.”
In recent days, U.S. Air Force C-17 planes arrived at an air base in southern Israel and departed for Rzeszów in Eastern Poland, a hub for moving weapons into Ukraine. The sources said the flight transferred roughly 90 patriot interceptors that can be used by Ukraine with its current patriot batteries. The flights carried around 90 interceptors, which Ukraine can use with its current batteries. Additional equipment, like radars and other gear, will first be transferred to the U.S. to be refurbished. Zelensky and Netanyahu spoke Tuesday, and Zelensky tweeted that they had discussed the release of the hostages as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal.
“We also discussed maintaining close contact with partners, particularly the United States and President Trump. We addressed current bilateral matters and agreed to maintain close contact in the near future,” Zelensky added.
What a waste. I thought we were done with this money suck.
More waste. Those systems don’t last long over there.
“No, please. We don’t need to be drawn into a third World/Euro war.
Out of NATO, out of the UN. Time to tend to our homefront.”
Too late. Trump has already been assimilated by the NWO/MIC. We are heading right down the same war mongering path we had before. New face, new party, same old game...
Read the article, they last fine.
“”””All hell will break loose if Trump authorizes any new military aid to Ukraine. I assume he knows that.””””
You mean, after this one?
Read the article, they last fine.
Like the HIMARs did?
groan....more war for nothing beneficial to the US.
And this is an F-ing NYTimes polluting article.
Now he says yes, but it's important to realize this is not aid but a purchase.
I believe anything new is being purchased by Ukraine.
As though the enemy doesn't get a vote.
The minerals deal can't go into effect until after the war ends.
Ukraine is producing NEGATIVE revenue at is spending taxpayer money we and Europe gave it, primarily us.
So, there is NO excuse allowing Ukraine to purchase any new weapons until after the war is over and minerals deal can produce revenue.
Trump owns this mess if that happens.
Still ignoring the article.
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