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Russia's War Economy Is Hitting Its Limits (foreignpolicy.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Ukraine got nothing from USA half of 2023 and start of 2024.

Again...huh?

The US did a "final drawdown" in December of 2023 sending military aid worth about 250 Million dollars.

There was 100 Million the month before, in November of 2023.

As near as I can tell the longest run was January of 2024 into April of 2024 which is only 4 months. Still too long but that's way different than 8 months.

I think you are misremembering the political theater around approving more for 2024 and interpreting it to mean we didn't send anything in the back half of 2023.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I think you are misremembering the political theater

Maybe I do, but to be honest, the aid November and December is peanuts compared to the 60 billion package. Of course it's not nothing, but it's on a level comparable to a tiny country like Denmark, with only a 50th the population of USA.

So OK maybe not nothing, but very little.