No it won't, because Ukraine is about to join. Rebuilding Ukraine is going to benefit the EU economy for at least a decade.
But then, if you’d sided with the US and Trump got his 2nd term instead of Biden…
…where the ‘biggest force on the planet’ is concerned, you’re only ‘bestest pal’ so long as it is politically expedient for them.
Nothing controversial in that state of affairs either, it’s basic political logic.
Rebuilding Ukraine will cost a fortune. Let’s not kid ourselves.
Seized Russian money will pay for it.
Seized Belarusian money should too, since Shaheds are being fired from there now.
*Where are the sanctions (or official noises, at least) on Lukashenko & Co?*
Poland inked another deal to buy a further 116 Abrams tanks from the US , currently only Poland are the only military in Europe who will operate the Abrams tank,
The latest deal will bring the number of Abrams going to Poland to 360 + added to the Korean tanks and IFVs and Apache gunships they also are buying,
Friday night first major cold spell will hit the frontlines.
Not mention the incredible Agricultural, mineral, gas and oil reserves in Ukraine, which is more than likely the real reason for Putin's invasion. Just wait until they come onstream, and Putin will have some problems getting rid of his oil at a break even price.
That was exactly my point. 'Cost' implies spend.
Could France just have bitch slapped the Germans.
Not sure they are getting MBTs but they will be getting AMX-10 RCs a wheeled 6x6 infantry fighting vehicles with a 105mm main gun ,
Not a tank but a well armed ifv
I was literally about to post that!
Could be in line with the US giving Ukraine Bradley's.
A 105mm gun..... It may be an IFV, but with a tank barrel!
Here's hoping it's all planned and other countries start upping the equipment shortly.
At the end she says convicts are used to demine by walking across minefields, just like in WW2-
The Wall Street Journal published an article about the digital successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
International experts state that Ukrainian army in 10 months of war was able to make a leap, which the Pentagon took decades and billions of dollars.
Why am I not surprised?
The french will be sending bastion armoured vehicles too ,
But the Ukrainans apparently announce further arrivals after the next Rammstein conference
Russian wagner influences are being blamed for this action in Burkino Faso.
Maybe Macron has finally said "**** it" lets end these trolls once and for all.
Which means they did.
A 2 pronged assault... eeemmmm... cant see how that will work for Heir Putin. I half bet he will be in the not so happy home by then.
from the North and the Est at the same time. Just can not see how that would work without a new airforce [pilots] and plenty of paratroopers. Russia doesn't appear to have either right now.
Tank destroyers, at least in their WW2 iteration were meant to be used as mobile anti tank guns. To quickly plug the gap in lines from a blitzkrieg. So maybe France can argue it's not an 'offensive' weapon.
Putin sick?
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BBC2 Ukraine: The Peoples Fight , is on now . The reporter spent two months on the Frontline with volunteer special forces . Thought it might interest some here .
The AMX had a good rep as a scout/cavalry tank shaped thing, nippy, reliable, packed a punch for its size. Might be a bit underarmoured for fighting Russians
The energy crisis in Europe is of our own making. Just look at Ireland and our refusal to even consider nuclear power or to promote oil and gas exploration and infrastructure. Politicians blaming the war and Putin for the crisis are just deflecting from their own failures.
Along with the US Bradley's I think this indicates that NATO is going to flood Ukraine with Der easy to use technology. They must feel this is more than adequate to match what is left of Russian armour which is mostly T72 or earlier out of date Soviet armour.
Poland has send most of its Soviet era armour and may well send it's older Leopard tanks. They were upgrading these but only have a few done. The Abrams may be a cheaper long term solution. It would also be a kick in the teeth to the Germans
They have a out 140 in total, o ly about a quarter is upgraded. Add in the Bradley's and the French armoured gun platforms it would be a fairly serious amount of armoured weapons along with Ukraine own Soviet armour.
We don't even have gas storage anymore. The kinsale gas field was used previously until the Minister for naps had his way. We need to support the Ukraine to bring a swift end to this ASAP
It was an excellent programme. It gave a great insight into what's going on on the ground and some understanding of the military stuff, to us non-military people. It made me feel like I was there with them.
WOW
Europe is F@@ked. New line of attack.
The EU is about to get a new member that produces nearly 15% of the world grain ( The Ukraine produces 10% of the world wheat but that is 40% of the bread flour wheat in the world) along with gas, oil and rare earth minerals. It is ranked fourth in the world for natural resources.
But of course Europe is f@@ked
Thoroughly agree with you, seeing them on the ground, the communication between them . It was very emotive too , .
Light, fast but with a big gun, this is the sort of thing that would have been very useful during the Kharkiv offensive.
The important thing is that at last the west are sending an armoured fighting vehicle that is at least semi-modern. This at least pushes the envelope a little further in allowing other countries to supply tanks of a similar vintage.
Right now the Ukraine needs all it can get. The front line is 1,500km long. If France supplied 50 of these AMX's, it's still only one tank for every 30km.
Crimea river
Deliveries of the Jaguar EBRC, I would say.
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