Posted on 04/29/2024 7:10:08 AM PDT by Mount Athos
Ukraine last week got a vital $61 billion lifeline from the United States. But it still needs a medium-term funding plan to withstand Russia’s onslaught.
A multi-year funding plan would have several benefits. For a start, it would provide some insurance against U.S. political swings. It would also boost Ukrainian morale and give Western arms manufacturers greater confidence to ramp up production.
Ukraine is straining every sinew to hold the line against Russia, an adversary whose $2 trillion, opens new tab economy was 11 times bigger than its own last year.
How much Kyiv needs in future depends on what sort of war it fights. A defensive campaign would cost less than an attempt to expel Russia from large chunks of land. But given that the Kremlin is ramping up its own military expenditure, Ukraine in future will probably need at least as much every year as the 88 billion euros its allies allocated in 2023.
Western countries may relax now that the U.S. Congress has finally agreed $61 billion in aid. This would be a mistake. Ukraine’s allies need to build on last week’s good news to extend a more ambitious lifeline.
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Name any figure.
Nope, not enough.
SUCKERS!
Just approve a guhzillion dollars, that oughta take care of it for a month or two.
How much of this money is going to go into making hatcheries a la Brave New World in order to provide the soldiers necessary to wield this equipment?
If it had not been delayed, things would be a lot rosier.
Of course he can't. The GOP helped the dems block everything Trump tried to do with congress and they will again.
They are not our allies and should not be considered better than the dems.
It will never be enough, too many hands in the cookie jar.
Not one more $$!
I’m pretty sure multiple, financially ruinous decades long undeclared pointless wars on borrowed money on the other side of the world with no exit strategy nor an articulable “compelling national interest” is absolutely crucial for Protecting Democracy.
Something like that.
The Democrats have been trying to wiggle “permanent funding” in for quite some time.
Not arguing your point - but I’m not sure this is coign from Zelenskii... This is just a dope Democrat media mouthpiece trying to forward the Democrat desire for permanent funding for Ukraine.
You give Zelenskyy way too much credit for being an intellectual.
better yet - why don’t they just send in their own young men and women to fight along side the Ukrainian people?
Cough up more money suckers.
In fact, bind yourselves to coughing up a lot more for as long as we can keep this thing going. Make sure you can’t stop the money flowing to us even if your people vote for it.
Their GDP is ~$140b. That’s the whole country.
It’s all a ploy to drain America tax dollars, drive up our debt, and stuff money into congressional pockets
We use to call this kind of thing graft and corruption... today, we call it business as usual
Yawn. When Hugo Dixon picks up a rifle and travels to Ukraine he might then have said something worth hearing.
Can’t really blame Poland - Russia/Putin have had nefarious eyes on Poland for a very long time - and Ukraine is perceived as just a stepping stone to a larger goal.
Now - whether that threat is legitimate or not - one can’t blame Poland from at least being concerned.
But we (the US Taxpayers) are already “tax slaves” to decades of so-called “nation building” by the USA. We are still paying for the $billions in weapons Biden conveniently left to the Taliban in Afghanistan.
No amount of money, weapons, ammo or tanks will solve Ukraine’s problems. Ukraine doesn’t have the manpower, let alone experience, willing soldiers, to even hold the frontlines anymore. This despite the fact the Russians aren’t even on a major offensive.
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