THIRTY IRISH ARMY vehicles are now being used on the frontlines of the Ukrainian war – acting as ambulances and carrying supplies.

It followed a 3,600km journey from Ireland to the Polish border as Commandant Niall Buckley and his team from the Transport Crew delivered the aid to Ukraine – dubbed Operation Carousel.

The Journal met Buckley this week and he told of the journey of the Irish military equipment across France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Poland to find its way to the city of Rzeszow and to the new owners in the Ukrainian Army.

It is not the only aid the Irish have provided – it has included demining equipment, medical training and more dynamic tactical training for infantry troops.

Sources have said that this training programme had Irish troops teaching war fighting to non-commissioned Ukrainian officers who then returned to their frontline units to coach their own troops in battle techniques and skills taught by the Irish.

by AdministrativeBag355

10 comments

  1. i thought current law prohibits the giving of military equipment to another nation , if the government is breaking the law it should be brought up into court

  2. This is great news! It’s not what they need, but it’s a start. Ireland need to start donating the stock of javelin rockets, too!

  7. Proper order. These vehicles are being used for ambulances and moving supplies. It’s not as if we’re sending fucking tanks to Ukraine, not that I’d object either way. They’ve every right to defend themselves against Russia and the usual dopes crying about us sending even the most tame bit of aid are embarrassing. We live on the periphery of Europe, not having to worry about Russia. Ukraine isn’t so lucky.

    As for our neutrality, can we stop repeating this nonsense? Ireland isn’t a neutral country. There is nothing in our constitution about neutrality. We are non-aligned. That is about the extent of our military status, and even at that – we barely qualify for that, given British jets police our skies and US military planes stopover in Shannon.

    We shouldn’t be neutral anyways, not when it comes to European security. We should be sending the Ukrainians much more rather than let our equipment collect dust.

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