It's been. This is an F-16 fighter jet. It's the 1970s. it's been a Cornerstone of the US Air Force.

Now, the US allows all these military to also have F-16s and since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Ukrainian president begging for them, Zielinski has been doubling down on his request for NATO Jets and they really are pleased for Fighters yet. But for Ukraine, the U.S hasn't been as generous. You don't think he needs F-16s now. No, he doesn't He's six years now, and that might be surprising because the U.S has already given nearly 47 billion dollars in military aid to Ukraine over the past year.

That's a lot of weapons, far more than it gave even some of its closest allies in 2020.. Jesus Sometimes what it gave Afghanistan's Army at the height of the U.S led War there. This is a historic number that you would see typically the US military give to another country over decades did people people can afford to. People can afford to have a a hospital ride or call an ambulance.

Refusing to send F-16s is a choice worth understanding because the weapons that the US has and hasn't chosen to send Ukraine and when they've sent them have helped shape each phase of this war. So you know when people say like um, you know yo I drink pepper straws for this This is like I enjoy myself to the hospital for this I feel like but I don't know what do I know there you go and why that's not a bad take care 53 month streaks back in 2014 that Joshua took over Crimea and parts of eastern Ukraine with the help of Ukrainian separatist fighters in 2014. Ragtag wouldn't even describe the state of the Ukrainian Armed Forces this is Jack Dutch Foreign Policies U.S National Security Reporter They've been gutted. One thing they're going to realize that you cannot have it both ways.

Okay, we got it both ways. This is this is all. Miller spending and people always like him. Yo dude.

dude, stop if they're spending. it's not even spending it. It is in business and people get mad about about the U.S spending it right and then when it's times if when happens in the world, help us help that help us Well what do you want? Do you want us to be a super? A two-year let's remember. Therefore, they can help others or do you want them to not and not be able to help like what you kind of have both ways if you're gonna complain you can't like I Don't get it, it doesn't make sense.

It's five years. didn't have uniforms, some of them didn't have hot food. Ukraine's leaders asked the US for help but President Barack Obama Why do you think other friends don't give their Jets and like that? because they're broke. The the military force is nothing yet right? Like Unfortunately guys.

I didn't study a lot of War just a little bits. Again, somebody has to have some sort of force. So somebody has to have a some sort of military force that's good and prominent. What is it? It's like the Cold War.

It's not. It's not the fact bro. everybody has nuclear bombs. and right, it's like the Cold War right.

Knowing it that they can do it, that they can launch a missile or they can reach a certain distance. They've done the tests and they're able to reach long distance live. It's not that they're gonna do it, they could. It's how it is right? Obama only sent protective gear and supplies not weapons I mean not true teen president Donald Trump Why this war? Why the do you think women to the Moon there's nothing to do on the Moon The Moon is boring as a the Moon is a dog as why did we go to the Moon Bro: It was a time of War it was a cold war with with USSR Russia I don't wanna call it yeah I know about the ship it bro I studied this okay this it was just a habit.

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God agreed to send a limited number of anti-tank missiles called javelins, but the Ukrainian Army was still woefully unprepared if Russia decided to escalate the conflict, which it did. 2022 Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine Russian Jets and missiles were doing immense damage from the air and Russian tanks were pushing Ukraine's troops backwards Ukraine again asked the U.S for help. From the beginning of the war, the Ukrainians wanted a lot of the things that you see on the menu right now. Uh, they wanted F-16s They wanted main battle attacks.

They wanted this stuff from the get-go President Joe Biden agreed to send a large package of weapons, but it mainly included the smaller and relatively unsophisticated kinds. The US sent more javelins plus ammunition, guns, and even some anti-aircraft missiles called Stingers I played Call of Duty four I play called missiles I know that is Ally sent similar types of weapons, Germany sent a thousand anti-tank missiles and 500 Stingers Belgium sent 2 000 machine guns, but no one sent their advanced battle tanks or fighter jets. The main question in the beginning of the war was not that's a stock M16 um and caught it's locked at a three bullet fire but I I Do believe that um, it's not like the US was going to send I Mean the question was like are these guys gonna fight? Certainly, That's been a resounding yes Ukraine Soldiers used anti-aircraft missiles to prevent Russian aircraft from controlling the skies and they used the gun's ammo and anti-tank weapons to Halt Russia's progress like in this video which shows Ukrainian soldiers destroying dozens of Russian tanks approaching. Kiev But even though the Ukrainians were using these weapons, well, the US hesitated to send it more advanced equipment.

So the US has been concerned that almost every step about the potential for Russia escalating the conflict. the U.S word that Ukraine might use some of these Advanced weapons like fighter jets or long-range missiles to strike inside. Russia sparking and escalation. this concern would come to Define How the U.S supplied Ukraine Armada In the spring of 2022, the war end I Mean would they get to support other people? the people that are hurt and the people that that are surely mauled that they got invaded.

What they support the brutality like that is that it's second phase. Russia and Ukraine's armies weren't moving as much anymore and instead began pounding each other with artillery. Russia was firing a staggering 60 000 rounds a day, while Ukraine could only manage to fire around six thousand and it was quickly running low, but the US was still hesitating to expand the scope of its support. They're looking at what's kind of on the Christmas wish list and deciding what's actually written to give.

Finally, in April 2022, the U.S agreed to send Ukraine its own artillery and like in the first phase of the war, a number of allies then sent their own artillery even though some had wanted to do it earlier. You sort of saw it. Folks in is is Europe this that poor that they don't have that much to like. Give it because yo they're right there.

they're right there. They they could. they could, They could roll them in, walk them in, they could deliver them to through trucks and instead the US has to fly them out. Plus it was the expensive as man bro to get these Mega carrier airplanes to lift all this over there.

What? The Assad folks in Europe wanting the US to lead, but sometimes the U.S still very much deep in deliberation mode. The most important, they don't spend billions on weapons. but it doesn't it? Maybe I'm and I don't know anything about the world? Okay, but I think I think somebody has to spend all this. Okay, what's a bit about this yesterday? No, what happens if nobody spends on any military whatsoever? just a tiny bit just just just for basic right and then super power.

And the in China has like 1 000 ships and they decide to do what to do to do whatever they wanted. What is that if I can get Taiwan and who the is gonna help? the muskets from the UK bro bro, the rocks from friends or the knives from London like who the is gonna help? important weapon. the U.S sent were called high Mars powerful rocket launchers that could hit targets as far as 80 kilometers. They weren't powerful enough to strike inside Russia but they did enable Ukraine to hit Russian Supply Depots and command posts far behind its front lines which forced the Russians to move them back, weakening its troops at the front.

That's how you crane capture the Harkiv region in September and the major city of Curson in November and by then a new phase was beginning. I just just love poem to hypocrisy people wanting them to like politics and War I think people are so brain dead bro. how do I know more about some some idiot Canadian then most of mothers I don't get it in Winter 2023 Both sides I don't oh I don't Russia was gearing up to push further into the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, but Ukraine also wanted to take back territory particularly in the south. In order to do this, Ukraine would need to move troops quickly, which requires armored vehicles like tanks, something it had been asking for for months.

Some countries had sent older models of Tanks but just like with artillery, the US waited. They wanted the Germans to act first by sending leopard battle tanks. the Germans were waiting for the United States to give them some political cop cover here a little bit of a game of chicken. Finally, in January 2023, the YouTube chicken and the U.S agreed to send their Advanced tanks.

Well bro. I thought if the US got into this wall, whatever and and they fully helped whatever it's like some some NATO thing like and then it's gonna get crazy. It's like World War prompting Germany and several allies to follow with their best battle tanks. just like with anti-tank missiles and highmars before if they went all full dick mode and took like 50 F-16 Jets and they want to wipe out the whole squatty up in his that is just world war Three man.

the U.S and its allies were hoping that these tanks can push Ukraine to win some decisive victories in this phase. which is where we are now. It's the Ukrainians kind of can't turn the tide turning the balance. Right now it's it's gonna be tricky to see.

You know how this doesn't go into, its it Extended Stay On me. that's why Ukraine is still asking for fighter jets. F-16s could protect Ukraine's tanks from Russian aircraft, making their attack much more powerful. Ukraine has also been asking the US for long-range missiles called attackums which it could use to strike Russian positions as far as 300 kilometers behind their lines.

Already a few allies are in favor of sending. okay, the US is hesitating over familiar concerns questions about their their Readiness for trading on those. Also, of course you know just just the question Again, how far are the Ukrainians going to fire these things? So far, none of the decisions to send any of these weapons has inspired Russia to escalate and in March Poland and Slovakia agreed to send some of their older fighter jets making these little fours are the best in the world. Uh Europe could beat any army in the world apart from the US oh my God bro oh my God man uh eventual approval of F-16s or long-range missiles More of a possibility, but after giving Ukraine over 46 billion dollars in military aid one of them recent Pew research pollution of people who believe the US has sent too much Aid to Ukraine has grown particularly on the right.

I've been facing a lot of pressure not only within his party, but of course from Republican Rivals getting ready for the 2024 base stage. That's going to make it much more difficult for President Biden to sustain this clip and even if Biden maintains popular support to send weapons, he might not have enough. A recent analysis found that certain supplies may be approaching the minimal level that the US requires for its own War Planning It's why the U.S is now focusing on ways to increase production of weapons at all in Allied countries and in Ukraine. but just building those plants could take years.

One year of U.S and Allied support has helped transform the Ukrainian Army into a formal Force whose soldiers have repeatedly held its ground against a much larger Russian army. but with both the battlefield and U.S Politics changing. The questions now are: how well is Ukraine going to fight with what they have and how much more U.S help can they count on 32 months? Thanks for watching this episode of Vox Atlas Vox has been covering the war in Ukraine since we're really Republicans wants to fight their own War Democrats wants to have other people fight okay I don't I don't know about that I know about that? um I think it's a family Steam yo this is X x on the video. Anyone knows that boy I Don't know.

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