“NATO countries have agreed to provide more air defense systems to Ukraine.
This is announced by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, after a virtual meeting with the defense ministers of the member states and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
NATO has determined the existing capabilities within the alliance and there are systems that can be made available to Ukraine, says Stoltenberg.
So I expect new announcements about air defense capabilities for Ukraine shortly.”
Good news and would have been greater news a month ago. This drip-drip-drip abundance of caution spills unnecessarily Ukrainian blood.
All the civilians that didn’t have to die caused by all this dragging of feet… Good news is good news, but fucking hell hurry it up west.
Just red that The Netherlands gave €150,000,000 to Germany for this cause (probably patriots) and an extra €60,000,000 for short range air defense (probably for the shahed drones).
News just came out.
What was the fucking wait for? 100 Ukranians need to die for 1 defense system? Holy shit….
If we’d given generously to Ukraine at the beginning, it would have been cheaper for everyone, even Russia, with fewer lives lost, less equipment destroyed, fewer land mines in Ukrainian territory.
I assume said AA systems did not just materialize out of thin air yesterday and were available for quite a while.
This is starting to look a lot like a burning house full of people screaming at a guy outside sitting on a pile of fire extinguishers, who then says “fine, you can have one, just quit screaming already”.
“Dont attack russia but months after youre out of defense ammo we will think of sending you more” has got to be the worst strategy ever
Not good enough
I’m sick and tired of hearing “we agree” or “we will give” and it amounts to fuck all..
Start getting the equipment in there NOW TODAY! Stop saying all this bullshit
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
Acta non verba.
God Save Ukraine Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
Ahh well glad they could use their big brains and come up with that tough decision.
Defending Ukraine’s airspace defends NATO countries like Poland and Romania, also. Russia likes to cut those corners or target areas so close to the border that it is endangering the neighbors. I would also add this lets NATO better prepare/adjust their anti-air doctrine in real time with modern armaments in real-life situations. I genuinely can’t see a downside.
members sending in air support would be nice, or a division each
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Translation:
“NATO countries have agreed to provide more air defense systems to Ukraine.
This is announced by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, after a virtual meeting with the defense ministers of the member states and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
NATO has determined the existing capabilities within the alliance and there are systems that can be made available to Ukraine, says Stoltenberg.
So I expect new announcements about air defense capabilities for Ukraine shortly.”
Good news and would have been greater news a month ago. This drip-drip-drip abundance of caution spills unnecessarily Ukrainian blood.
All the civilians that didn’t have to die caused by all this dragging of feet… Good news is good news, but fucking hell hurry it up west.
Just red that The Netherlands gave €150,000,000 to Germany for this cause (probably patriots) and an extra €60,000,000 for short range air defense (probably for the shahed drones).
News just came out.
What was the fucking wait for? 100 Ukranians need to die for 1 defense system? Holy shit….
If we’d given generously to Ukraine at the beginning, it would have been cheaper for everyone, even Russia, with fewer lives lost, less equipment destroyed, fewer land mines in Ukrainian territory.
I assume said AA systems did not just materialize out of thin air yesterday and were available for quite a while.
This is starting to look a lot like a burning house full of people screaming at a guy outside sitting on a pile of fire extinguishers, who then says “fine, you can have one, just quit screaming already”.
“Dont attack russia but months after youre out of defense ammo we will think of sending you more” has got to be the worst strategy ever
Not good enough
I’m sick and tired of hearing “we agree” or “we will give” and it amounts to fuck all..
Start getting the equipment in there NOW TODAY! Stop saying all this bullshit
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
Acta non verba.
God Save Ukraine Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
Ahh well glad they could use their big brains and come up with that tough decision.
Defending Ukraine’s airspace defends NATO countries like Poland and Romania, also. Russia likes to cut those corners or target areas so close to the border that it is endangering the neighbors. I would also add this lets NATO better prepare/adjust their anti-air doctrine in real time with modern armaments in real-life situations. I genuinely can’t see a downside.
members sending in air support would be nice, or a division each