Public sentiment on military aid to Ukraine is mixed, characterized by a profound concern for the humanitarian crisis and frustration with the hesitance of Western governments to provide adequate support. While there is strong backing for military assistance to Ukraine, many commenters express fears about potential escalation and the broader implications for global stability. There's an overall cry for quicker delivery of aid and a desire for peace, as well as skepticism regarding motives behind continued military involvement.

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This was inevitable when we didn’t increase production to meet both their needs and ours.

Bewildered_Scotty

outtayoleeg

Ukraine is a lost cause to the Americans. The war is in stalemate, with the possibility of Ukraine losing increases as days go by. Why would they fund a war that doesn't fit their geopolitical interests?

statyin

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please?

Exact-Kale3070

wildyam

CurrentlyHuman

He still trying to proved to his dear leader that he is a tough guy!

Disastrous_Mango_953

EightyFiversClub

Hegseth wanted to jump on a grenade for Trump.

Hegseth knew the last time Trump did this he got impeached.

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He looks like a badly Xeroxed copy of Timothy Olyphant.

hotdogtuesday1999

devinemike78

Yes, we are allied with Russia, what would you expect

Alwaystired254

Wow, Faux news host isn't very bright, who knew?

Boy3736

They promised unlimited supply of Russian vodka

Just another know nothing yes man. If it doesnt involve topless chicks doing a keg stand at a drive in theater, it's not a critical threat.

Calm-Salamander-5307

AsparagusCommon4164

PDCH

That's the face of a man thinking of that sweet vodka and underage Russian girls delivery coming his way

wandertrucks

Effective-Bee-7934

Send-hand-pics-pls

No-Manner-3514

Miserable-Surprise67

I still think they should invest it locally, propping up America seems like an ever worsening idea.

Haxorzist

Looks like Germany has learned from the past. They know, better than anybody, the kind of damage a tyrant like Putin can cause. They lived it and they learned from it. Way to go Germany!

These_Internal_510

Please stop buying American weapons ..can't the British or Europe create our own

B1ueRogue

eu needs to start cranking out dones like sausages.

LastCivStanding


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Where does Russia get their water to supply the cities? Especially Moscow, where puny Putin is holed up?

Background-Effort248

im sorry, but 60 billions in one year was way too small, russia spends hundreds of billions and india bought 300B of russian oil in one single year, all help is welcome but 500m should not be announced because in the scales of the current war it is basically nothing, wait untill you have a biggr number and dont make announcements untill then

xixipinga

The last four budgets have addressed this by increasing military spending.


We are essentially having a garage sale with Ukraine and buying new stuff for the house. 


Literally, no reason to do this except to benefit the other side.


Even if you weren't for support of Ukraine, then seeing Iran's neutered response, at least partially due to Russia's inability to support through weapons, etc , should be enough to convince anyone that supporting Ukraine is in our best interest. 

Lawyering_Bob

Every weapon shipped to Ukraine provides valuable intelligence about the effects of those weapons against near-peer foes, saves money on disposal feel (munitions expire), and softens Russian forces against future conflicts.

It's all win for the Western countries. We owe the Ukrainians for the blood they are spending, and sending them the means to survive is a way to start on that debt.

RogueThrow

jyw104

Maybe if we stopped supplying the genocidal maniac ( Netanyahu), we would be able to help Ukraine. Just a thought

BotanicalsAreTherapy

UK, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Estonia,Sweden, Poland (especially you) now is your time to shine. Remember history, remember Chamberlain. Deal with it now, or deal with it when it’s at your doorstep.

Mcboatface3sghost

“Look, I was drunk when I did that,” Hegseth admitted. “When’s happy hour?”

PrufrockInSoCal

Someone ship Hegseth off to the Donbas front lines, please.

DubiousBusinessp

"Guys, we've been spending $800+ Billion every year for the last decade on weapons, but if we keep giving Ukraine all our old stock we might run out of bullets . . . in about 104years"

OhlookitsMatty

To surprise of absolutely no one, the drunkard tv host cosplaying as SecDef is doing the Kremlin bidding. Hard to remember that they belong to the same party of Ike and Reagan.

Jolly-Brain9118

They’ve never let facts and data get in the way of fascism before, why would they start now? Fuck him.

OneDudesReddit

Makes you wonder why Iran wants a nuclear bomb. Ukraine willing gave theirs up to the good old usa and look at them now. North Korea got one and no one fucks with them .

jcwilliams1984

Gotta save them for Isreal, our true ally /s

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Optimal_Egg_9262

MAGA does like the ostrich when told this

Existing-Decision-33

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Trump is an idiot. Who cares whether he’s happy or unhappy with a damn phone call. One day he’s happy, the next he’s unhappy. Nobody cares. 
What matters is Ukraine be supplied with all the weapons it needs to defend itself. Now either give it to them, or sell it to them. But cut the bullshit.

Vladx35

Trump seems to love the chaos of keeping people in limbo.

skoorb1

The Trump administration broadly has only a few coherent policy points.

Trump needs to make money and headlines.

Trump needs his ego stroked at all times.

Immigrants, liberals, and other groups are “bad”.

Trump’s desire to make money in Russia is in conflict with his need for positive headlines. He also has it in for zelenski because he didn’t make that fake biden investigation and doesn’t stroke he ego enough.

Also, there are people in the trump administration who, quite openly, want ukraine to lose. They see russia as an ally to their worldview (christian, white, corrupt, nationalist, anti liberal, authoritarian) and see an EU aligned ukraine as a bad thing (less opportunities for grift, a weaker russia, a “win” for liberalism)

So in an unorganized mess of an administration, different people enact their agendas. some people want ukraine to succeed based on old school republican hatred of russia. others want ukraine to fail. some want trump to get a peace prize. others want trump tower moscow, others want zelenski dead, others want russian money. it’s a mish mosh that anyone who paid attention from 2017/2021 knew was coming

Trump got mad at putin, so to stroke ego the right thing might happen: until he remembers he wants trump tower moscow. and so on

SenatorPardek

Someone needs to tell Trump he could get a Nobel prize if he goes all in to support Ukraine and defeat Russia. I'm not saying he would ever actually be awarded it, he just has to think it will happen.

CompetitiveBox314

Curious if anyone knows, did the Soviets and Chinese do this to North Vietnam? Like halt shipments, delay shipments, threaten to cut off aid etc. Or did they just see a golden opportunity to weaken the USA and pour in the weapons and supplies?

Hcfelix

**Halted military aid for Ukraine may start flowing again**

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That call came a day after Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a conversation the president indicated did not go well.

He was “very unhappy” with the Putin call, he told reporters over the weekend. “It just seems like he wants to go all the way and just keep killing people. It’s not good. I wasn’t happy with it.”

In contrast, he indicated that the call with Zelenskyy was more productive, and suggested that more weapons could soon be on the way. When asked about supplying more Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine — which were stopped under orders from the Pentagon — Trump replied, “Yeah, we might … they’re going to need something because they’re being hit pretty hard.”

On Monday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt indicated that the aid stoppage wasn’t permanent, portraying it as “a pause, to review, to ensure that everything the Pentagon is pushing out there is in the best interests of our military and our men and women in uniform.”

Some of the weapons denied to Ukraine included 8,400 155mm artillery rounds, 142 Hellfire missiles, and 252 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System missiles, which can precisely hit targets up to 50 miles away.

Most significantly, the halted shipment also included 30 Patriot missiles used for shooting down Russian missiles and drones, which have been pounding apartment buildings and other civilian infrastructure in Kyiv.

“The air defense munitions — the Patriots — are obviously the big one because Russia is producing so many UAVs that are becoming harder to hit with Ukraine’s mobile air defenses,” said Rob Lee, who studies the Russia-Ukraine war for the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

“Russia is actually targeting the defense industry, and sometimes they have success and they destroy factories, so providing air defense systems is important because it also helps Ukraine produce its own munitions so it can sustain the fight itself,” Lee added.

The stepped-up Russian attacks killed at least 11 civilians and injured more than 80 others, including children, Ukrainian officials said Monday. Over the past week, Russia launched at least 1,270 drones, 39 missiles and 1,000 glide bombs at different areas of Ukraine, Zelenskyy said Monday.

Eli Stokols and Megan Messerly contributed reporting.

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