Military aid for Ukraine: Who is giving what, and how much will it help? • FRANCE 24 English

With the US finally approving a long-awaited military aid package for Ukraine and other nations also increasing their spending, France 24's Angela Diffley takes a look at which countries are doing the most to support Kyiv's war effort, and how much difference their contributions might make on the ground.
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[@kidgamer9399]

More than 100 billion dollar didn't do anything, how can 60 B dollars make a change.

[@johnsmith-yk6yf]

Great year for the arms manufacturers.

[@Joey-ct8bm]

You can invest on the stock market. Tip. The French are gonna match this and Germany too.

[@kentstructures4388]

Only a 3rd of the actual budget goes to Ukraine in the form of actual weapons.. The 2/3rd or 67% of the budget goes to Massive Profits, Payrolls, transport cost, and consultsncy fees.. Nothing is free..

[@Corbots80]

Believe it or not. Guns work better when you have ammunition

[@alexanderpepkin4110]

Mm.. cutting consular services. Very democratic

[@StPiter111]

The first supply was destroyed in a port of Odessa yesterday 😁 The Ukrainian railways and depos were hit too 🤓

[@tayler2396]

61 billion

[@trevorsutherland5263]

Russia owns the sky in Ukraine now. Their Orlan-30 UAV has 300 km range and 18 hour endurance and its the #1 reason those Iskanders fall on every HQ, ammo depot, airbase, train station, hotel full of French, fuel depot, etc. In the logistics war, Russia is absolutely thrashing Ukraine; the only place that is somewhat safe is the far west around Lviv. However as Russia moves west, even that won't be out of range much longer. The new Air Defense will help, but not in any amount to matter as they can't shoot down guided bombs, Iskanders, or Lancets and those three are falling by the *hundreds* every day.

[@Aaronbusnell]

Come on guys have some pride at least pretend you believe in this charade 😂

[@SCFreedom73]

Honest question : please explain in detail what the charade is?

[@jamesmcguire3862]

Unfortunately No

[@Truspio]

All of you who write that just want peace should consider one thing- Putin himself said, when Ukraine had troubles getting aid "I am not going to negotiate with someone who hasn't got ammunition". Therefore supplying Ukraine with weapons is crucial in acheiving peace. As simple as that.

[@TauNomm]

We can all be supporters of Ukraine. For example, by donating to United24 which funds drone programmes.

[@Zelensky_Huilo]

You are simple lying.

[@ronin36963]

Why is the existence of an entire country completely reliant on donations? Ukrainians are criminals and dragged us all into this. Name one nation Ukraine has ever helped? They f'd around and now they're finding out.

[@Truspio]

@@Zelensky_Huilo No I am not. He said it in the interview for Ria Novosti and Rassia 1 on 13 March 2024

[@Zelensky_Huilo]

@@Truspio He didn't say that. You're just a victim of clickbate headlines or propagating such values.

[@MadAdventure919]

It is too late again.

[@operator9858]

spend it all! they are just going to wreck the currency anyways.

[@deepsea1179]

Mostly farmer of Europe are struggling in UK as well discriminate prime minister of UK is trying to give money from the European people and a British people support the war which is not in the favour of public

[@ksksgh]

What’s all this errrh about?

[@shintownalley]

“Uh… uh… uh.”

[@SCFreedom73]

The aid package means nothing on its own. It's the smart strategic decisions made from the money that will make a difference. So bottom line they need to fight smart, not just ferociously. And they need to get the absolute best value our of every penny they will get.

[@richjoyal]

$620 million is pitifully small, compared with $61 billion from the US. British all acting little action.

[@nicke0b]

US aid should be compared with European aid, not single countries

[@MrTampaB]

It is pitiful. UK has 1/5th the population of the US, yet they are only pledging 1/100th the amount

[@patrolmanpete]

Judging by how mad all the trollskis are about it, I'd say definitely yes

[@jonathanmubaiwa8084]

Military aid is just for the audience,Ukraine lost the war a long time ago,Good money for Zelensky and his goons in their pockets.

[@fritzraake22]

African Krembot?

[@jonathanmubaiwa8084]

@@fritzraake22 Bomboclat!

[@kidgamer9399]

Agree

[@Zelensky_Huilo]

These arms shipments have never actually stopped. Just a game for the audience.

[@AlanSito-md2ji]

Dont spend it all in one place ukraine

[@BrandyHeng007]

US MiC laughing out loud to the banks...pity the homeless, farmers 😂

[@SCFreedom73]

They've been laughing out loud for 70 years.

[@richardchiphiko369]

Useless conscription of innocent and not wanting to fight this westernised war. Leave brothers and husband's alone

[@mobifinsolutions1956]

Will you 61 Billion Aide make a difference? Apparently, no is answering the question with certainty.

[@nimrodmpandari7456]

What about women tobe forced back to Ukraine for war equality remember? See the problem with women she is saying it as if women are not obliged for their own freedom

[@user-yc4xf8cv5y]

🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺💪💪💪

[@captainchaoscow]

Cope

[@safiul1930]

And Russia will start using big guys, Fav 1.5k, fav 3k, fav 9k. Time on Russia's side.

[@AW-zk5qb]

Support to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan from an American. The rest of the world, especially Europeans, better be grateful for the U.S. because it’s the US that provides the power that allows for a relatively peaceful, prosperous liberal democratic world order that we live in. Put it this way; if all western liberal democracies were like Denmark, Sweden, New Zealand that many people are always talking about, Nazism, Communism, Islamic Terrorism etc would completely dominate the world. Those Nordic and other European nations are only how they are because of what the US does The rest of the world wants to leech off the US for military protection, let the US do the dirty work to keep the liberal democratic system dominant, and then criticize the US for how it does things. Europe has been a continent in decline for a century and has been completely overshadowed by the US. To cope with this, they have latched on to the tired anti American cliches. They also bizarrely feel entitled to American blood and treasure and the US doing the most about military conflicts at Europe's doorstep, benefitting from the US created system, benefitting from US innovation in science and technology, all while criticizing the US

[@vitorlopes2064]

US elite are global terrorists. Master arms dealer. US tax payers are ripped off constantly. 30 + trillions (!) in debt.

[@SeemoreDunkan]

Pretty late I'd say.. Here's the answer: Is it enough to match Russia's strength?

[@AndreasRoessle]

Russian bots were fast to respond to this KZbin. So, must be a painfull video, for Putin lovers. Will watch, now.

[@cks7709]

What happened to 200 bn in total given befor this😂

[@netiturtle]

Its their job. They don't stumble on such stories or watch during downtime, they search for them

[@mrsmith3540]

You have deep paranoia.

[@hiufgterde]

No Russian bots, just people who can think for themselves and see it's all bs. Unlike you, who apparantly want to see this through until every Ukrainian is dead. Russia is winning this, whether you like it or not. So if you really have nothing to add besides calling people Putin lovers.....perhaps you should just not say anything at all Rebecca

[@WangMingGe]

They aren't just bots. A lot of them are people who genuinely (albeit stupidly) see Russia as some kind of messianic nation, representing all that they feel is good and right in the world, and as a sort of strong man taking vicarious vengeance on the people they blame for their problems in life. Sad but true.

[@Baschn66]

Aeh…aeh…aeh…

[@anilvyas2652]

Western countries sending troupe because Ukrainian have no fighters

[@samuelackah2083]

Aid aid will never change anything about this war trust Ukraine no fit with stand great Russia 🇷🇺 in any way Lost of life will just continue in Ukraine 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺💪💪

[@leifandersen2756]

Not much !It is too late !The Russians have advanced to far and are prepared to go on ! The hardware will be detected by the Russians who had informers everywhere even in Kiev and other bigger cities.The new soldiers have not been trained long enough but there are not enough of them ! Sending people into a war not well trained will be a disaster and we see Ukranian soldiers surrender to the Russians !

[@pithikoulis]

you work for KGB?

[@munnychinni5386]

War mongers 😂😂

[@DerDop]

Russia advanced ~300 squared Km in a year, even if the USA didn’t supply the Ukrainians 😅😅😅😅

[@user-ho7me9dd5y]

Peremoga?

[@glintongordon6811]

False, Russia did that in 3 months 😅😂stop believing ukraine pages Google is more neutral

[@dragonfly788]

No value for human life?

[@dkrawk8309]

Uhm.....not the ukrianian ones

[@marksimpson6387]

They have had a constant flow of weapons and most of that money stays in America!

[@mephistopheles1975]

The foreign editor didn’t answer the question. Will the aid have an impact? Short answer: yes, it will prolong the war. Will it change the end result? Also no. Eventually, Ukraine will loose the war. No one has ever beaten Russia on the long run, except the Germans in World War I but then there was the Bolshevik revolution…

[@richardgere8846]

Dragging ukrainian men from the European union to go fight in ukraine is a crime

[@user-gy1rm7wx4s]

She can't even speak for Boris sakes she doesn't know anything about anything

[@har8397]

She's uh uh uh awful

[@timallison8560]

are you going to listen to anyone that says course not? i mean what kind of stupid question is this? slava ukraini!!!!!!

[@cks7709]

Hey, if you are Ukrainian and living in some other country, you will be found and conscripted soon by Ukrainian military. I advice you be happy as much as you can before that happens.

[@hiufgterde]

American citizens who cheer this on, it's a new level of stupidity really, especially since your own country is an absolute mess.

[@WangMingGe]

Exactly. I mean, this aid won't win us the war (I am Ukrainian, still living here). As we've seen, technology isn't everything and there's internal problems in terms of strategy, leadership, etc. which must be resolved - a lot of this is still on us and no international help can fix it. But it's always good to have more stuff to fight with, and we simply can't give up, because we know what Russian rule is like, and we know (based on how they took over the Baltics, central Europe, and here, before) that they do not keep their treaties. Any peace is an illusion unless Russia is beaten.

[@ratsimbahermann1458]

West has much money but less weapons 👎

[@felipe-vibor]

Supplying air defense means Ukraine i😮s not seeking to go on an offensive again or by now they know its pointless to face the red army conventional juggernaut army. Russia is the strongest land army in the world

[@stevekontis8992]

Proper military aid would have been useful two years ago. Two years of of vacillating and dithering with weapons supplies was not helpful. The professional ranks of the Ukrainian military, who could have made good use of this kit, are either dead, wounded or tired. Military support and sanctions have been piecemeal. This military aid, although needed and definitely useful, at this point is more akin to life support. Tanks were late, aircraft still on standby and missiles are still mired in discussions regarding range. Many US academics, politicians and other experts predicted the war based on Western behaviour and policy, yet zero preparation. Ukraine was never equipped to win from day one of the conflict. Even the sanctions were farcical and piecemeal. The EU recently announced its thirteenth sanction package, after two years of war. Why weren't all possible sanctions applied from day one of the conflict? If it takes two years to develop a sense of urgency, do not expect stellar results.

[@dkrawk8309]

I wonder what zylynsky is going to buy next

[@MarioLopez-si8jb]

A country

[@user-pk4th6yr1b]

😂.... wouldn't Zelenskyy be back for more money 💰 once all the 61 billion is done 😅... like he usually done.. i mean he was just in Canada 🇨🇦 last week begging us for more 😂