The U.S. will send Ukraine an undisclosed number of medium-range cluster bombs and an array of rockets, artillery and armored vehicles in a military aid package totaling about $375 million, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

Officials expect an announcement on Wednesday, as global leaders meet at the U.N. General Assembly, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy uses his appearance there to shore up support and persuade the U.S. to allow his troops to use long-range weapon s to strike deeper into Russia. The following day, Zelenskyy meets with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington.

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      .ml want Ukraine to surrender. That’s pretry much it.

      They don’t care about the people
      They don’t care about the US taxpayer’s money
      They don’t care that the weapon companies profit

      They just want russia to win.

      “Having a discussion” is just smoke and mirrors with them.

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        I don’t care about ML. What I say is that this is NOT HELPING. It’s MAKING A PROFIT on someone in need. Helping would be “I give you the weapons to defend yourself and we will pass the bill to Russia”, not this.

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          I don’t care about ML. What I say is that this is NOT HELPING. It’s MAKING A PROFIT on someone in need. Helping would be “I give you the weapons to defend yourself and we will pass the bill to Russia”, not this.

          hence why we keep giving them massive loans. And sending them old equipment from our military, and sharing intelligence with them, and providing public media support for them as well.

          War is more than just capital my friend.

          “I give you the weapons to defend yourself and we will pass the bill to Russia”, not this.

          also this is literally what europe is looking to do with their stockpile of frozen russian assets.

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        Because… they are? Unless you share Russia’s opinion on the matter.

        Why are you refusing to answer the question?

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          You can’t refuse to answer a question that was never directed at you.

          Unless you share Russia’s opinion on the matter.

          The fact that Ukraine is a proxy state is spoken out loud by American politicians as well.

          Kayfabe is for the kids.

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            The fact that Ukraine is a proxy state is spoken out loud by American politicians as well.

            Please provide evidence for this supposed fact.

            Also, Putin doesn’t call it a proxy state, he calls it the homeland of the Russian people, which is why he’s trying to make it part of Russia.

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              Please provide evidence for this supposed fact.

              https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/top-us-diplomat-fuck-the-eu

              Here’s an article that you’ve already had linked to you a thousand times you may hopefully incorporate into your worldview a decade later. The scandal here is that the US is hand picking their preferred puppet leader instead of letting the EU have a say.

              Also, Putin doesn’t call it a proxy state

              He did in his speech explaining why Russia invaded that I’m absolutely not shocked that you haven’t read or listened to.

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                That’s an article from 2014. You might have missed a couple of administrations. Would you like to go back further? What did Eisenhower’s top diplomat have to say about things?

                And Putin also said it was the homeland of the Russian people, and I’m absolutely not shocked that you’re not acknowledging that.

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                  To assert the premise that Ukraine is a US puppet I linked you a news article about US diplomats hand picking their leader and you say it’s disqualified because it’s an article from when it happened.

                  You’re just a profoundly unserious person.