Vadim Khludzinsky20:49, 04/28/24
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Each plane costs less than $20,000.
The United States purchased 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Kazakhstan . This was reported by the Kyiv Post .
It is noted that Kazakhstan, which is updating its aircraft fleet, sold at auction 117 Soviet-era fighters and bombers, including MiG-31 interceptors, MiG-27 fighter-bombers, MiG-29 fighters and Su-24 bombers from the 1970s and 1980s. x years. The announced sale price was one billion Kazakhstani tenge, or $2.26 million.
“The United States purchased 81 obsolete combat aircraft. … The motive for the US purchase remains undisclosed, … but we are talking about the possibility of their potential use in Ukraine, where similar aircraft are in service. The sale was carried out through offshore companies,” the material says.
Analysts speculate that, given Ukraine’s continued reliance on Soviet-era weapons, the aircraft could serve as a source of spare parts or be strategically deployed as a decoy at airfields.
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Tanks-a-lot, a private firm based in the UK, bought Saddam Hussein’s Soviet artillery and sent it to Ukraine . According to bneIntelliNews, 122mm Gvozdika howitzers and 152mm Akatsiya howitzers are now being delivered to Ukraine via the Baltic Sea.
UNIAN also reported that Denmark will purchase weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Ukrainian factories . To begin with, the country is ready to spend 200 million crowns on this.
(C)UNIAN 2024
Oh, wow, Kazakhstan? Remember that we recently talked about that country trying to distance itself from Rusdia, by moving closer to China? Looks like they want to hedge that bet by being friendly to the US, too. Putin’s Empire is falling apart while he puts all efforts into preventing Ukraine from joining EU and Nato! What a strategic blunder! 😁
‘ … but we are talking about the possibility of their potential use in Ukraine…’
Coulda, shoulda, woulda, eventually, in the long run…
Fuck it! Send US F-16’s and F-4’s you suckers! 😤👎
Ok, Mike, this does look a bit like huge efforts NOT to send F-16s or other Nato jets, indeed. I do think it’s pathetic that the nuclear superpower USA acts so cowardly towards that grandstanding bully Putin, while much smaller Nato nations Denmark, Norway and Belgium, without any nukes, dare to do the right thing. President Biden may think his limited support is smart, but in reality, it only prolongs the war and makes the US look weak. ☹