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#Europe now provides the bulk of #military support to Kyiv, including direct provisions separate from #NATO. But #PURL supplies #Ukraine with key #US equipment, including high-end munitions & scarce air defense interceptors. Countries have committed ~$4B for Ukraine through the program….
Since the…attack on #Iran on Feb 28, Europe has become concerned that the #Trump admin is rapidly using up its existing munitions, delaying their own orders & disrupting deliveries of US systems to Ukraine….

Welkin

@welkin7@mstdn.party replied · 2 days ago

@Nonilex
I wonder what happened to the boast of #US being the arsenal of democracy? What happened to the decade long war planning for a 2 front war?

If #Ukraine and #Iran conflict are leading to a shortage then what will happen in case of a #Taiwan contingency? Especially with a 38 Trillion dollar #debt.

Please stop this madness. ☮️

#IranWar #EndlessWar #EndlessWars #ForeverWar #ForeverWars #NeedlessWar #NeedlessWars

François @Jura

@FrancoisPrague@mastodon.social replied · 2 days ago

@Nonilex

The United States is potentially using NATO funds to finance a war in which NATO, as a defensive alliance, is not participating and about which it was not consulted beforehand. If these funds are being misappropriated, Mark Rutte has to resign.

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 2 days ago

The #Pentagon is considering whether to divert weapons intended for #Ukraine to the #MiddleEast as the #war in #Iran depletes some of the #US military’s most critical munitions, acc/to 3 people familiar with the matter.
Although a final decision to redirect the equipment has not yet been made, the shift would highlight the growing trade-offs required to sustain the US war against Iran, where CENTCOM has hit >9,000 targets in just under 4 weeks of fighting.
#TrumpsWar #Trump #ForeverWars #law

Alex P Roe :mastodon:

@alex_p_roe@mastodon.world replied · 2 days ago

@Nonilex But the war in the Middle East has been won?! So why are more munitions needed?

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 2 days ago

The weapons that could be diverted away from #Ukraine include air defense interceptor missiles, ordered through a #NATO program launched last year in which partner countries buy #US arms for Kyiv, the 3 people said….

The Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List ( #PURL) initiative has ensured a flow of select #military equipment to Kyiv even as the #Trump admin has cut off most of the #Pentagon’s direct #security assistance.

#TrumpsWar #Iran #war #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 2 days ago

…Kyiv’s chief #Europe backers have taken the lead on funding & arming #Ukraine forces since #Trump took office. The #PURL initiative, brokered last year by #NATO, offered a work-around for Ukraine to keep getting #US weaponry, so long as the Europeans pay the bill. The deal provided Trump a political “win” & a way for NATO to quell fears that Kyiv could be left exposed by the admin’s ambition for a peace deal with #Russia.

#TrumpsWar #Iran #war #law #Congress #geopolitics #StandWithUkraine

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 2 days ago

Welkin

@welkin7@mstdn.party replied · 2 days ago

@Nonilex
It was bound to happen. I saw a video in which 3-4 interceptors were fired to take down one missile. If #Iran is firing 100 missiles a day, then at least 300-400 interceptors are being used by Gulf countries and Israel. So doing the math, the number of interceptors that #US should have is at least 4-5 times the number of missiles in the inventory of its opponents (North Korea, Iran, China) combined. Forget #Russia, it is in a different league.

#Europe has to step up. Will it?

Hoarse e-Books

@20002ist@thepit.social replied · 2 days ago

@Nonilex With good reason, alas.

SBartsch ✅

@SBartsch@digitalcourage.social replied · 2 days ago

@Nonilex Criminal continuation of an illegal war?

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