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Ukraine to Receive $50 Billion from Frozen Russian Assets, Blinken Confirms (united24media.com)
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In the coming weeks, Ukraine will receive $50 billion from frozen Russian assets held in the United States and the European Union, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on December 4.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

Hope it pisses off Trumputin.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

Awesome if true

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

At a cost of 1-5 drones per Russian tank, there is going to be a substantial multiplier attached to that figure. However, there is also quite a bit of critical infrastructure that needs repairing so not all of that cash can get dumped into drones, unfortunately.