• Gorgritch_Umie_Killa@aussie.zone
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    9 months ago

    We should have set up a monthly quota from the beginning. Now we definitely need to set up a monthly minimum supply of arms for Ukraine.

    Big announceables tickle pollies bellies, but war is won by reliability of supply. By supplying in fits and starts all we’ll succeed in is making ourselves feel good about Ukraine’s defeat.

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      9 months ago

      Yes, and the countries helping Ukraine should be able to outspend Russia easily. Russia’s economy is roughly the same size as Australia’s, whereas the US, Germany, the UK and France are all bigger. The fact that we Russia is outspending us, reflect badly on us.

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        9 months ago

        Thats a problem i have with the reporting on this. All the western nations bang on about so many millions($) spent in support, but how much materiel does that buy? We have the capacity to outspend, but will we deliver a decisively larger amount of materiel for that outspending?

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          9 months ago

          I have seen an article comparing our spending on this war with Russian spending. We are somehow being out spent, but get much more bang for our buck than Russia. Winning this war would be easy with the right mindset.

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            8 months ago

            Oh thats good, i hope that articles right then.

            If you come across it again, do you think you could post a link. I’d be interested to have a read.

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    9 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    France and Australia announced early last year that they would jointly provide 155-millimetre ammunition to Ukraine, although they never disclosed the quantities to be delivered through the multimillion-dollar deal.

    Myroshnychenko conceded that Ukraine was “concerned” about events in the US Congress, where approval of a $60bn package was being stalled as the Republican-controlled House of Representatives pushes for more border funding.

    Dutton, together with his opposition frontbench colleagues Simon Birmingham and Andrew Hastie, also called on the government to “reverse their decision and donate Australia’s out of service MRH-90 Taipan helicopters to Ukraine”.

    A spokesperson for the deputy prime minister, Richard Marles, said Australia stood with Ukraine “in support of its sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Russia’s illegal and immoral invasion”.

    “Children are faced with attacks, blackouts and uncertainty – they’re going to school in bomb shelters and their days are punctuated by air raid sirens and the stress of explosions,” the World Vision chief executive, Daniel Wordsworth, said.

    In an interview with the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson earlier this month, Putin described US support for Ukraine as “harmful and mistaken” and praised former president Donald Trump for casting a shadow over Nato’s long-term future.


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