UK pledges £1.3 billion in support for Ukraine’s fight against Putin’s Russia

[johnofgwent]

Forty years ago i would have been all for it, but then again, it would have been my weapons they were buying.

[Thomas]

Final add on , a gentle reminder of the US history of backing the military in other nations.......




The difference is , wether or not the yanks could afford to waste two trillion dollars , clearly the uk cant afford to waste £1.3 billion. The uk economy is smaller than the state of californias , and like it or not the yanks are a world superpower , while the yookay is a minor player full of old men navel gazing about the 18th century.

Come the end of the summer , if not before , there will be people in the uk in large numbers picking between heating and eating  , with gas and electric bils combined going above £300 a month for many , whilst the delusional johnson muppet attempts to grandstand on the world stage.

Anyone anywhere in the yookay voting for these labour and tory muppets in the recent elections need to sit back and have a good long hard look at themselves.

[Thomas]

1.3 billion towards what appears to be a lost cause from a "country" severely in debt with massive financial problems. Thats the uk of course , not ukraine.

Another view on events in ukraine , not of course that anyone wants to hear a counter narrative to the bollocks in the english press.

Austrian Colonel Markus Reisner: ''The West has made a serious miscalculation in Ukraine''

the Russian army continues to make solid progress in its offensive against Ukrainian positions in the Donbass, and it will be victorious in the region. This is evidenced by the fact that most of the territories of the DPR and LPR, including large cities, are already under the control of the Russian army. Russia also controls important facilities in southern Ukraine, on the shores of the Sea of Azov.'' Austrian colonel also added that ''in the West they try not to talk about the obvious advance of the Russian armed forces and the Western media make a lot of efforts to hide the obvious successes of the Russians, which is a serious mistake''. Markus Reisner stressed that ''He is following the situation in Ukraine from various sources, and concluded that the West is deeply mistaken in relying on large military aid supplies for the Armed Forces of Ukraine''. According to the colonel, ''it takes a lot of time to send weapons, and these weapons are spent literally in one day. And more often than not, these Western weapons do not even have time to fall into the hands of the Ukrainian military on the front line''. ''According to the US defense department, the weapons that the West sends to Ukraine during the week - runs out within a day. This means that Western weapons are immediately used by the Ukrainians and most of these weapons are captured or destroyed by the Russians

Clearly things dont seem to be going according to plan despite the bollocks we are being fed in the anglo british media.

Thats just one view though , counter to the narrative we are being fed , but the interesting thing is against the backdrop of the good austrian colonels words , is how out of control boris johnson is at the helm of the uk government , in terms of throwin money about wildly.

Not content with wasting an estimated £ 400 billion on covid over two years , and all the accompanying excuses , as the economic situation badly deteriorates in the yookay , he continues down the path of delusion throwin money about wildly in an attempt to bolster his delusion of being in charge of a world power.

If any of my english friends on this forum actually support this man in this excess of tossing £1.3 billion in support to ukraine , then i have to question thier sanity and say England is clearly lost.

[Thomas]

The UK will provide an extra £1.3 billion in military support to Ukraine, in a dramatic escalation of assistance for Volodymyr Zelenskyy's forces as they fight the Russian invasion.
It is the highest rate of UK military spending on a conflict since the height of the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US President Joe Biden and leaders from other G7 nations will hold talks with Ukrainian president Mr Zelenskyy on Sunday to discuss the further support on offer.

https://www.gbnews.uk/news/uk-pledges-13-billion-in-support-for-ukraines-fight-against-putins-russia/288926



What do my english friends think on this story? While england , and the yookay in general  , reels from succesive blows to the economy , highest increase of gas and electric costs in europe , predictions of continuing doom and gloom of the economy so much so bojo has been told to call an elections as it isnt going to improve , the uk government try and grandstand o nthe world stage pretending to be a world power throwing money it cant afford to some obscure eastern european nation most folk have never heard of.

It really does begger belief.

The delusion starts at the top in westmisnter and works its way down to the citizenry. Inflation out of control , taxation under a tory government at a seventy year high , folk scared to put lights and fires on , uk debt levels out of control , and boris throws more money about whilest kidding himself and the party faithfull on. unbelievable.