The United States is preparing a $1 billion military aid package for Ukraine, the first to be sourced from the yet to be signed Ukraine-Israel bill, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday.

The aid package includes vehicles, Stinger air defense munitions, additional ammunition for high-mobility artillery rocket systems, 155 millimeter artillery ammunition, TOW and Javelin anti-tank munitions and other weapons that can immediately be put to use on the battlefield, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

President Joe Biden had asked the U.S. Congress to provide $60.8 billion in aid to Ukraine, but the initiative stalled when Republicans in the House of Representatives refused to move the measure forward for months.

On Tuesday the Senate was expected to vote on four bills now passed by the House. One for Ukraine, a second with $26 billion for Israel, a third with $8.12 billion “to counter communist China” in the Indo-Pacific and a fourth that includes a potential ban on the social media app TikTok.

The Ukraine bill also calls for the transfer of ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile Systems) with a range of up to 190 miles, which Kyiv has pledged not to use inside Russia’s territory.

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    6 months ago

    I just pray it’s still in time. The Russian traitors in the U.S. Congress need to be expelled. From the country. Preferably via cannon. Maybe directly into the sun.

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    This is sad, more weapons, more civilians killed. I wonder what are the “true” things being negotiated. In bellic conflicts there are no allies, only interests and business.

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      Is Russia is going to stop with Ukraine? Is Transnistria magically going to invade and conquer Moldova? Is Georgia going to become another Belarus or do they need to be invaded again? Should we just give up because it costs too much?

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      If Europe falls, Russia will come for your country eventually too, once they’re done with the USA.

      Not that you care, you’re probably working for Russia, or already in your 60s so this won’t affect you much, but ya know, just in case…

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      It’s a damn shame how many genuinely good people are being killed in this war just for edgelords like you to live their lives unscathed.

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      Ukraine is still going to lose…

      Perhaps, but at this point any “Victory” by Russia is entirely Pyrrhic.

      You see regardless of what happens in / to Ukraine there is no path to recovery for the Russian State. In less than 30 years they will be gone.

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      Perhaps.

      Ukraine was going to lose in the first three days; Ukraine was going to lose in the next two weeks; Ukraine was going to lose in the next three months. We are now in the third year of Russia’s war of conquest and it is clear Ukraine can hold their own. It is our duty to give them a fighting chance against the invader.

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      So even if Russia manages to hold territory, then what. Forever war? They will be battling insurgents, a neighbor that will keep targeting your valuable industry. Russia seems to have way more to lose here, especially in the medium term.

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      Even if Ukraine loses in the end, that equipment is going to continue to absolutely wreck Russia’s military capabilities for the foreseeable future.

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          I don’t know who you’re lumping me in with so I have no idea what I’ve been wrong about so far.

          And no. The fact that this new wave of aid will be used to explode Russian equipment is undeniable. I’ll tag you in the threads if you want.

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              I don’t know why you assume that everybody except you had just decided that Ukraine was going to easily take back Crimea

              It remains the maximal long term outcome, but was never considered a likely result

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                  What do tanks have to die with Crimea lmao?

                  Well yeah, if Russia annexed the entirety of Ukraine, that would also be considered the unlikely maximal outcome

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      Ukraine may lose but they should at least be given the chance to fight back. If they lose it’s because Russia has more cannon fodder.