"Trump is doing the right thing."
Posted on 07/11/2025 9:28:40 AM PDT by RandFan
US President Donald Trump has said he will send weapons, including Patriot air defence systems, to Ukraine via Nato.
Trump told NBC News that in a new deal, "we're going to be sending Patriots to Nato, and then Nato will distribute that", adding that Nato would pay for the weapons.
His announcement came after Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke of having a "positive dialogue" with Trump about ensuring that arms arrived on time. He said he had asked for 10 Patriot systems after a surge in Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities in the past week.
Patriot batteries detect and intercept oncoming missiles and are regarded as one of the world's best air defence systems.
Speaking in Rome on Thursday, the Ukrainian leader said Germany was ready to pay for two of the Patriots and Norway for one, while other European partners were also prepared to help.
After a phone-call with Russia's Vladimir Putin last week, Trump said he was "not happy" that progress had not been made towards ending the war, and he has since complained that Putin's "very nice" attitude turned out to be meaningless.
During his interview with NBC News, Trump said he would make a "major statement" on Russia on Monday, but did not say what it would be about.
He said "Nato is going to reimburse the full cost" of the weapons sent on to Ukraine. Nato is funded through the contributions of its members, external, including the US.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Ukraine was neutral with a majority of its people against joining NATO, when Putin seized Crimea in 2014 and then started a separatist war in the east.
Date____________Model_______#launched__# destroyed
2025-05-16 Supercam 2 2
2025-05-16 Unknown UAV 7 7
2025-05-17 Shahed-136/131 62 42
2025-05-18 Shahed-136/131 273 216
2025-05-18 –ú–æ–ª–Ω—ñ—è 4 4
2025-05-19 Recon. UAV 2 2
2025-05-19 Shahed-136/131 112 76
2025-05-19 –ú–æ–ª–Ω—ñ—è 3 3
2025-05-20 Shahed-136/131 108 93
2025-05-20 –ú–æ–ª–Ω—ñ—è 5 5
2025-05-23 Lancet 2 2
2025-05-21 Orlan-10 6 6
2025-05-21 Shahed-136/131 76 63
2025-05-21 Supercam 5 5
2025-05-21 ZALA 3 3
2025-05-21 –ú–æ–ª–Ω—ñ—è 2 2
2025-05-22 Iskander-M 1 0
2025-05-22 Reconn. UAV 5 5
2025-05-22 Shahed-136/131 128 112
2025-05-22 –ú–æ–ª–Ω—ñ—è 7 7
2025-05-23 Iskander-M 1 0
2025-05-23 Merlin-VR 1 1
2025-05-23 Orlan-10 2 2
2025-05-23 Shahed-136/131 175 150
2025-05-23 ZALA 1 1
2025-05-24 Iskander-M/KN-23 14 6
2025-05-24 Shahed-136/131 250 245
2025-05-25 Iskander-M/KN-23 9 0
2025-05-25 Orlan-10 1 1
2025-05-25 Shahed-136/131 298 266
2025-05-25 X-101/X-555 and Kalibr 55 45
2025-05-25 X-22 1 0
2025-05-25 X-59/X-69 4 2
2025-05-26 Shahed-136/131 355 288
2025-05-26 X-101/X-555 9 9
It appears to me that only the Shaheds, Iskandars and Xs are getting through Ukrainian defenses.
We have to have a certain number for our defense. We aren’t on a war footing producing mass weaponry like Russia.
“Not my war” - President Trump
“Nato is going to reimburse the full cost” of the weapons sent on to Ukraine.
Nato is always “going to do” things but little ever changes.
"Trump is doing the right thing."
Amen.
No good guys in that neighborhood.
Why we burn your and my money on that well deserved mess is beyond me.
“Why we burn your and my money on that well deserved mess is beyond me.”
Really? It’s so a bunch of crooked defense contractors can get filthy rich.
L
“Germany was ready to pay for two of the Patriots and Norway for one”
Game Changer /s
“Ukraine after they gave up their nuclear weapons”
North Dakota declares independence.
North Dakota Supreme Court issues court order for USAF to turn over nuclear missiles in North Dakota over to North Dakota National Guard.
Col. Air Force tells North Dakota National Guard brigade leader where he can place the court order.
Does anyone here know the terms: Broke, busted, bankrupt ??? WE ARE FLAT BROKE in the US.
We have to borrow money just to build our own defense, provide assistance to our own people, etc...
We have no $$$ to send abroad, and only do so by enslaving our future generations to pay for it (which will never happen).
Let Europe take care of Europe. Lets not continue to fatten the profits of the Defense industries and the politicians who make financial gain off of the conflict.
If a NATO country is attacked, then we will fulfill our obligations, but not until then.
Putin needs to be killed
As long as we have the Patriots to spare and the other NATO countries are now ponying up their share, I’m OK with this.
Trump told NBC News that in a new deal, "we're going to be sending Patriots to Nato, and then Nato will distribute that", adding that Nato would pay for the weapons.
Yeah, when are we going to bomb Moscow?
Vlad, can I have a 30-day ceasefire?
Nyet, Don, nyet!
Not to this extent, we don’t. Not for an indefinite length of time just because these two countries like killing and destroying and want us to pay for it.
It is long past time for this war between the Slavs to be stopped.
“Ukraine now produces more artillery systems than all NATO countries combined”
Putin saw an opportunity to invade Ukraine and went for it in 2022.
No one stopped Putin in 2014 when they took over Crimea. He thought it'll be the same when he'll take over Kyiv in three days.
There’s more than one way to skin a cat
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