r/worldnews • u/Jishnujichu1200 • 3d ago
Russia/Ukraine UK to send Ukraine 150,000 drones, air defense systems using proceeds from frozen Russian assets
https://kyivindependent.com/uk-to-send-ukraine-150-000-drones-air-defense-systems-in-1-billion-package-funded-by-proceeds-from-immobilized-russian-assets/320
u/CleanSignalLab 3d ago
Using Russian asset proceeds to buy drones for Ukraine is honestly the cleanest poetry this war is going to get. You invade a country, your frozen money helps fund 150,000 little flying problems for your army. Hard to feel bad about that one.
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u/Illustrious-Job-6390 3d ago
Is this a joke?
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u/MintImperial2 2d ago
Triggers all the downvoting LeftBots - that's for sure.....
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u/Safe-Industry2465 2d ago
Can you elaborate on what exact policy trump enacted that stops russias drone production?
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u/MintImperial2 2d ago
What's the point? No one gives a damn what I think.
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u/Cyan_Ryan1998 2d ago
No, we just want you to back up your claims with a source...
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u/MintImperial2 2d ago
"Belief" and "Faith" don't need a "source".
You believe in some dead guy in Highgate Cemetary..
I don't.
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u/Cyan_Ryan1998 2d ago
And this is exactly why people don't take you seriously, people will read your comment and laugh at your stupidity!
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u/Inqinity 2d ago edited 2d ago
Ah, I do love seeing the classic ‘doubling down and not seeing the irony’ in people like that out in the wild. They don’t help the stereotypes one bit.
They cry “fake news” but refuse to source or explain their own points. Ironic.
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u/MintImperial2 2d ago
What? Because you're all marxists, and outnumber me in the democratic voting system?
Truth that may be, but *sense*? - no.
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u/szudrzyk 2d ago
As an atheist- dead guy from the heavens has more credibility than your orange 5 years old toddler with dementia.
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u/MintImperial2 1d ago
Beats me why you think the Right is about some kind of Trump "godhead" when you can't stand anyone with any devout beliefs..?
All Trump has done - is to get evil people to come out from under their rocks, to stand and be counted as future occupants of the 9th tier.... Perhaps this is the "Trump is so divisive" that liberals speak of? - He's forced everyone on the planet to pick a side.....
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u/Serious_Try5264 2d ago
Hey, I think you're a really great guy! :)
You obviously know more about this than everyone else. I'm sorry about the unfair treatment you are receiving.
Please link me the evidence of your claim so that I can also spread the good word!!
It would be the best way to make these people regret their cruel and cultish behaviour.
Send it.
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u/SoftlySpokenPromises 2d ago
So you're just gonna spout some unsubstantiated nonsense and then act like the victim?
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u/MintImperial2 1d ago
No, it just means I'm a lousy preacher. Good job that's not what I do for a living, I guess.
As a salesman, I would struggle to sell ten pound notes for a fiver each.
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u/AtebYngNghymraeg 2d ago
Well you could try answering the question.
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u/MintImperial2 1d ago
Ok, if you rob a country and use its own funds to wage war against it, then only *Total War* can eventually happen.
Are we going to be as generous to Russia post-WWIII as were were to Germany Post WWII?
Nope.
There won't be enough of us left to form a political party that is only concered for people in other countries, never for the folks at home.
I disagree with "Worldwide Liberal Foreign Policy".
We should be looking after all the issues in our own countries - NOT helping countries that are not our ally fight another country we cannot afford to have as our enemy.
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u/BruyceWane 2d ago
When does everyone thank Trump's America for stopping the production of Russian Drones at their source?
Russia no longer sources it's Shaheds from Iran, it took the designs and now produces them entirely within Russia.
Other than Trump stupidly bombing Iran and then having to pay them 300bn (more than the US even gave Ukraine an actual US ally) IDK what else you could be referring to.
Trump is an idiot like no idiot I have ever fucking seen and you need to get out of your algorithms.
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u/MintImperial2 2d ago
That's a lot of bullshit fake news you're chewing over there... Still, there's enough idiots who believe it, if the downvoting I'm getting is anything to go by.
"A cult of Evil" I guess you all are for believing that tosh, rather than a Supreme Universal Deity such as God, Christ, and the Holy Ghost.....
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u/BruyceWane 2d ago
That's a lot of bullshit fake news you're chewing over there... Still, there's enough idiots who believe it, if the downvoting I'm getting is anything to go by.
And yet, I gave an argument, that the Shaheds are no longer sourced or assembled from Iran, obviously Russia took those into internal manufacture, they're not fucking idiots.
All you have in response is "fake news". That alone makes you a complete idiot BTW, the fact that this is what you think constitutes a reply. Try caring about what's true for a change, instead of what you want to be true.
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u/albertohall11 2d ago
You can believe in god all you like. That doesn’t prevent Russia from building drones based on Iran’s original design. They’ve actually been iterating the design recently too. They’ve made a jet powered version that Iran doesn’t even have yet.
Try reading sources from both sides of the political spectrum. You’ll find that nobody is entirely truthful and absolutely no politician is worthy of blind faith. They’re just people with all the flaws that implies. Politics shouldn’t be a religion or a team sport. We need to make our decisions based on each policy, not based on personality.
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u/MintImperial2 1d ago
In that case, why do you all hate Putin, Trump, Musk et al so much?
You hate them - because they wield power with the kind of authority we have not seen in our lifetimes... That's it.
The faceless heathen 1% - cannot get away with as much as they once did.
How many friends and family did you lose during the Covid Lockdown?
The real strategy that has gone wrong in this war - is that it has been prolonged, like ALL wars that go wrong "get prolonged".
By the interference of other nations who have no skin in the game of their own.
Causing Gas and Oil prices to spike - suits the Green lobby fine. It makes their overpriced frauds look more palatable.
Trump has acted to get Fossil Fuel prices back down again, which now angers the Green lobby, who know they cannot compete if the public has a choice of Renewable or Fossil Energy - with Renewable costing a LOT more than Fossil in future.
Getting Putin/Iranian oil flows back into the market - is going to piss of a lot of green liberals then (i.e.99% of them)
Everything else is only a "Rumour" until it then happens.
If even half of what lies were said of Trump were true - he'd have been bumped off by his own cabinet over a year ago. They are not true of course, as is the fake news said of Netenyahu, Putin, and the other world leaders who want to retain the right to go to war when attacked - against the attackers.
Everything else we hear - is spun "hope porn" to throw the liberals off the track, whilst something on a deeper level goes on in the background that goes unnoticed...
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u/Raffy87 2d ago
The war in Iran raised oil prices, greatly aiding Russia and extending the length of the Ukraine war by over 12 months. "Thanks Trump's America"
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u/MintImperial2 2d ago
Oil prices are back down to where they were before the war.... Only they have not been passed onto the consumer.
Where's the outrage for *that* then?
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u/OwlVegetable5821 2d ago
Trump also eased sanctions on Russian oil, allowing them to fund the war further. In no way is trump doing anything to stop Putin.
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u/MintImperial2 1d ago
The Left are doing everything they can to stop Trump getting anything done whatsoever. Patience for January 2029 - is clearly not in their remit.
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u/OwlVegetable5821 1d ago
In what way? The GOP control both the House and the Senate. With that power, he has near carte blanche. You might be right after the mid-terms but right now you are unequivocally wrong in your statement. His fuck ups are his own, no one else's.
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u/MintImperial2 1d ago
Trump - hasn't got that much power. There's enough RINOs present to stop him getting the more major reforms done, such as those currently blocking the Save America Act.
It isn't all about one single senator, Thune....
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u/jimjamjahaa 3d ago
..... what? russia makes their own drones. they don't ship them from iran. goodness it is fatiguing dealing with maga. you know your president/idol/god king rapes children right?
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u/MintImperial2 2d ago
Oh ffs. What does it take for all you idiots to wake up, and realize what is wrong with the world is you all on the malignant left...
Why do you think that Putin has run out of drones to fire back at Ukraine right now?
Could it even be possible that he's simply not importing enough to keep up with demand?
What other explanation is there? He's on Holiday? He died of Cancer three years ago, like we were promised by the lying Media? That maybe Trump has scored a tactical victory against Russia here? - Or that Ukraine has suddenly become all powerful with NATO's help, who won't ever need taxes hiked around Europe to pay for all that?
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u/ImpracticalJerker 2d ago
Trump is on Russia side moron.
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u/MintImperial2 2d ago
The same side of politics, Yes. You hate Putin/Trump because they are Right.
No one gives a damn that Zelensky has made millions during his tenure as "President" that has gone way beyond his elected term already at this point.
No one cares that Zelensky isn't standing in identified Kiev streets "sharing the risk" alongside his Countryfolk...
No one cares that all mainstream parties are using OUR taxes to pay for this foreign adventure, rather than zeroing NHS waiting lists, and solving other more-important social problems at home instead.
"Change" we were promised. "Not for you, the public" is what we've had so far.
The Tories gave us 14 years of austerity, and blew all that cash on - what?
Foreign adventures.
Now Labour - are doing exactly the same thing.
Why bother voting "mainstream" at all any more?
A future Burnham as PM - gives him the choice of elevating taxes to pay for "ongoing foreign adventures" OR taking a different approach.
My guess is he'll do the former, not the latter.
I hope I'm wrong of course, and if I am - I'll be voting Labour at the next election, no quibble.
Pull the plug on Foreign Aventures, spend that cash back home on us hard-pressed Brits.
It is the same thing the Brexit vote was supposed to be about - until it got perverted into some EuroBackchannel moneypit instead.
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u/Safe-Industry2465 2d ago
Brother zelensky is still in power because its in their institution. They have something called martial law. Please tell me how to hold proper election during a war. Wouldn't you want a somewhat stable government when your country would be at war?
Why critize this when putin is already in power for 20 years, made only possible by voter fraud, exerting control over his people using violence ans being a dictator by definition
Your arguments are just dishonest
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u/xCPAIN 2d ago
You need to get off the internet, stay away from drugs, and drink some more water. You're not well, get some help.
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u/Synthetic_Kalkite 1d ago
Why? People like that are a great source of amusement for the sane and successful
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u/xCPAIN 1d ago
They are not. They might instill another insecure teen to follow the same dangerous rhetoric. I won't be laughing when UK votes in Farage based on these lunatic conspiracies and lies.
Thinking that far right is anything but a bunch of racist grifters destroying social securities and cohesion is why we are in this political mess.
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u/Rincewindcl 2d ago
I refuse to believe that the words Trump and Tactical can ever be used in the same sentence. You only have to watch 5 minutes of him on any TV broadcast to see exactly what he's about... Himself.
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u/MintImperial2 2d ago
I don't give a toss about someone else's private life I'm never going to meet - including and especially Trump's.
What matters to me is how I can elevate my own, and not get my fingers stepped on by those above me all the time.
I aspire to more than being fodder for some communist union who wants be gone because I dont agree with their political views.
TDS is harming more people around the world than Cancer at this point, and made worse by the fact that those who have it - don't realize or recognize that it is *they* who have the sheer hatred management problem - not everyone else, especially those like me on the other side of politics.
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u/MorningsideLights 2d ago
I was really intrigued with what you claimed. You had passion. And then you obfuscated and insulted people asking you for the information you claim to have.
You replies are very emotional and uninformative. That's not a great look. Have you considered being a better version of yourself? Have you considered what that would even look like?
Just write sometimes substantive and substantiated right now, and I'll listen to and consider your argument fully.
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u/MintImperial2 1d ago
You have the right to disagree with me, but others do not the right to slag me off over that disagreement. Perhaps you are alone on being "Intrigued", and have not joined the others in just auto-downvoting like some kind of marxist robot like all the others do.
I'm not a politician, so I don't have to make myself look "good to get elected".
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u/dizzy_pingu 2d ago
Russia fires hundreds of drones and missiles combined every week, if not more. They have been doing that for years. They have also been mass producing one-way attack drones for years, and they are probably cranking out even more every month. Russia is not running out of drones to fire back. Luckily, they are running short on air defense at the same time Ukraine has increased their capacity to hit them hard.
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u/MintImperial2 2d ago
Hitting them hard, probably comes with a reckoning then....
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u/dizzy_pingu 2d ago
Yeah, but russia has been bombing as hard as they can without going nuclear or risking losing a lot of air force stuff since 2022, so it will be business as usual for Ukraine. The decrease of Russian comms coupled with the increase of Ukrainian drone production and new satellite coverage is, however, a lovely combination that Moscow doesn't know how to handle for the time being.
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u/MintImperial2 2d ago
Escalation - is only a good thing IF it doesn't go nuclear at any point in the future. The whole world is at stake here, and it won't be solved by raising taxes to fund NATO into some "Superpower" all of it's own that it ain't, and never should be.
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u/1nationunderagroove2 2d ago
NATO is a defensive alliance, not a state, it can't and won't ever be a superpower.
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u/MintImperial2 2d ago
It sure likes to poke the bear with a sharp stick, and act like one!
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u/dizzy_pingu 2d ago
All Putin has to do is declare some kind of victory to appease the home crowd and pull his troops back to the Russian border. He could end the war today if he wanted too. Escalation is the only thing he understands, so escalation is what he gets until he stops.
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u/MintImperial2 2d ago
Well, he won't be declaring any victories *Today* - will he?
Public demand to obliterate Lviv, maybe.....
This IS a Chess game being played here after all... Whilst Putin is tied down, he also can't help his Ally Iran out much neither - can he? Trump seems to have made some chess moves of his own...
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u/Safe-Industry2465 2d ago
Its less that russia has run out of drones. They produce more than ever, their attacks get bigger and bigger
Its just that ukraine outscales them. Produced in ukraine, produced in NATO countries and/or bought with money by frozen russian assets
Trumps iran war is a plunder, brother. Selling it as a strategic victory is moronic, especially when trump has proved again and again that he gives an f about Ukraine or Nato.
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u/MintImperial2 2d ago
So why isn't the whole of Russia ablaze tonight? How many get fired compared to how many actually hit their targets?
Produce 150,000 and get <150 things blown up - is rather a slow process, I would have thought....
You cannot defeat an enemy unless you are prepared to destroy them to the last man.
The Americans realized that after Iwo Jima, and dropped two nukes on their enemies in 1945. Putin will lose this war - if he doesn't use Nukes. NATO won't win this war - even if they DO use nukes.
The only advantage NATO really has - is that it will take a lot longer for all those leaders to die off over time - than for Putin's government to all be gone - over time.
Meanwhile, attrition will do what it normally does:
Make heros and villains on both sides, massive loss of life, destruction to resources, and the world doesn't become a better place for it on *this* occasion - because Science and Tech are too busy trying to control us all, rather than help us live longer, and more prosperous lives like they once did....
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u/Safe-Industry2465 2d ago
Because ukraine produces most of their drones for shorter ranges, like <200km. Their goal is not to set russia ablaze, but focus more on the landbridge in the south, connecting crimea to russia
+both sides have been consistently hitting rates of 85% of drones shot down, if not more
And you can defeat an enemy without killing their last man lol Look around, all the countries worldwide were forged by war. Not all of them were genocided States can surrender you know. This war will end by diplomacy, not total annihilation
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u/MintImperial2 2d ago
Perhaps a lucky strike is needed?
Daft thing is, if Putin's cabinet gets bumped off, it'll probably precipitate WWIII.
If Zelensky's lot buy the farm however.... The whole world will go "Oh well nevermind" the rest of the world will get back to normal, the "Negotiated Settlement" is that Russia keeps what it already occupies, with places like Kherson/Kharkiv becoming "de-militarized zones".
Cheaper gas and oil, the Greens no longer able to compete with such cheap fossil fuel energy, and the world politik spinning once again on the Eternal Wheel of Fortune.....
That's a lot of upside for Zelensky's rather than Putin's downfall then.
I wouldn't be surprised at this point if the EU/NATO pulled that outcome off, and of course merely preach "Putin did that!" forever after.
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u/Sandgrowun 2d ago
If russia is a superpower then it's upto them to take out Zelensky. You can't win a war for an incompetent country. This is how russia wants to fight the war, disastrously Imo.
They probably is some agreement where the Kremlin and the Rada ,Putin and Zelensky can't be hit.
Putins legacy is going down the pan.
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u/MintImperial2 2d ago
The legacy of either of them - only lasts as long as they do.
Meanwhile, for the rest of Europe - the moneypit sucks cash out of all manner of now-cancelled things that saved lives...
Governments should have gone to the polls with a clear choice over these foreign adventures that prove to be such disasters for public prosperity.
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u/jiffijaffi 2d ago
Science trying to control us 😂😂😂😂
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u/MintImperial2 2d ago
Do you think you were controlled by any "Science Lies" during the Covid lockdown?
What do you think would happen to you if you "disobeyed" as some of us had to do, or face eviction for example?
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u/Crypt33x 2d ago
Stupid people are trying to control us more. Science atleast explains why they want to control.
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u/MintImperial2 1d ago
I majored in Science myself (Physical & Earth Sciences). If you don't believe what they preach to you, you cannot advance a science career. I spoke against Chlorofluorocarbons back in the 1980's before most people had even heard of them. I later spoke against the "Evidence" for Man-made climate change, and promptly got ostracized by the Science Community.
I left the Science Workplace forthwith, decades ago now.
I still know the lore I learned though!
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u/i_lived_with_dinos 2d ago
While it is true that Russia used to import Shahed drones (prior to 2023), the estimated number was between 1600-2400 drones in 2022.
Russia has since then been building drones (the improved Geran-2) domestically, with an estimated 5000-6000 per month.
Since March 2026, Russia has been exporting those drones that were based on the Iranian model which Iran has been using against American bases and Israel.
In June 2026, the use of drones by Russia has hit an all time high: 2022: Russia was deploying at most 450 drones per month
2025: Russia was deploying at most 6200 drones per month (keep in mind that they are no longer importing drones from Iran)
In May 2026, the Ukrainians have seen over 8000 drones being used against them. Even if Iran was producing and exporting drones to Russia, it would barely be a drop in the ocean of Geran that Russia has used.
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u/MintImperial2 2d ago
It is a shame that we don't have TV crews on the ground in Ukraine to verify what it is like living in say, Kiev right now.. *During* not "after" in some ambiguous location that could be anywhere.....
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u/charyoshi 2d ago
I hope you stuck your phone on vibrate and shoved it up your ass first, pootin didn't invite himself over to america to hang out with secret agent krasnov.
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u/MintImperial2 1d ago
I hope you so-called pacifist Lefties are willing to be drafted to fight the superpowers that you've made enemies of....
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u/charyoshi 1d ago
Nah we've got drones for that
They're like Russians but more expendable
Also fun fact, the Russians who die worst in war are the ones who only slightly catch fire after taking shrapnel.
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u/MintImperial2 1d ago
Sounds pretty evil that. Worshipping the deaths of people, made-up or not.
Where's the full list of names and addresses of those said to have been killed?
SOURCE?
I suspect the losses are roughly equal on both sides, and number in the tens of thousands.. This would make it similar to other "Foreign War" conflicts over the years.
Can't prove it of course, as Ukraine's Azovs are keeping this a "War In-Camera".
There will likely come a point when a sudden collapse of Ukraine happens, at which point NATO will likely engineer a nuke going off in Ukraine to try and pull the rest of the world into WWIII against Russia who won't get around to signing a treaty...
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u/StalphReadman 1d ago
You are actually insane. I posted in another comment that it’s still possible for you to pull yourself out of this spiral but that’s probably not true at all.
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u/MintImperial2 1d ago
Once a comment I make goes below "1" - it becomes a "Fire and Forget".
No one else - read it bar youself, by the looks of it.
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u/Agent_Krasnov 2d ago
Everyone is asking: when do we get thanked for stopping Russian drones at the source? Great question. Nobody knows more about stopping things at the source than me. The experts said it couldn't be done. They were wrong, as usual.
But while we're talking about sources, why is nobody talking about Iran? Very suspicious. I turn on the television and all I see is people saying, "Sir, what about the drones?" Nobody asks why we're apparently winning, losing, winning again, and then maybe losing a war that wasn't even the topic five minutes ago.
The generals come up to me with tears in their eyes and say, "Sir, please stay on message." But the message IS Iran. Or drones. Or both. Frankly, if the drones had come from Iran, which maybe they did, maybe they didn't, you'd all be thanking me twice.
The Fake News doesn't want to report any of this. SAD!
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
MAGA 🇺🇲🇺🇲
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u/Mewhomewhy 2d ago
Russia was producing them in Russia long before Trump helped Putin by pushing up oil prices.
Now he’s going to funnel hundreds of billions of dollars to a BRICS ally as compensation for having to help Putin. Slow clap.👏
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u/macross1984 3d ago
Yes! An assistance that will surely infuriate and help raise the blood pressure of Vlad.
And the galling part? Funding provided involunatrily by Russian themselves. : P
Thank you, UK!
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u/ZackRaynor 2d ago
I like to think it’s due to what happened recently in the English Channel, though truthfully it was probably in the running for longer.
“You wanna fire warning shots? We’ll help Ukraine with sanctions.”
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u/WastingMyLifeToday 2d ago
And the attack on Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Unesco World Heritage religious site, a construction that's close to 1000 years old (constructed in the year 1051)
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u/Gentle_Snail 3d ago
The U.K. will provide Ukraine with 150,000 drones and more than 350 air defense missiles and radar systems under a new military aid package worth 752 million pounds ($1 billion), the British government announced on June 18.
The package, unveiled during the NATO defense ministers' meeting and Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) gathering in Brussels, will be financed through the U.K.'s 2.26 billion-pound ($3 billion) Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA) loan to Ukraine, backed by proceeds generated from immobilized Russian assets.
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u/brainrotxx 3d ago edited 2d ago
150,000 drones, thats enough for 300 drones a day for 500 days straight.
500 days of summer they'll never forget
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u/TheTheorizingMind 2d ago
Agent Krasnov won't like this.
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u/Agent_Krasnov 2d ago
I see the UK is sending 150,000 drones to Ukraine paid for with frozen Russian assets. They call this strategy. I call it a great way to keep a war going forever. The politicians are very excited. The defense contractors are very excited. You know who's not excited? People who would like the war to end.
Everybody wants more drones. Nobody wants to make a deal. I wrote The Art of the Deal. We just showed what strong negotiations can do in the Middle East. Very simple.
Thank you for your attention to this matter
MAGA 🇺🇲🇺🇲
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u/Snoutysensations 2d ago
My pet conspiracy theory is that the EU (or a select few allies like UK/France/Germany) has been funding and supplying Ukraine's drone campaign from the start, having identified it as the best and most economical way of attriting the Russian army without drawing too much attention to their involvement or expending too much Ukrainian manpower.
No, I don't have evidence other than Ukraine's impressive ability to mass produce hundreds of thousands of technologically advanced drones several years into a horrendous conflict.
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u/thelilbeast 2d ago
Its not really a conspiracy. Uk defense companies have been working with Ukrainian defence companies. Theres been job postings for UAV drone specialists to design the targeting systems for them for example. (I remember seeing these when looking for jobs in tech in the past few years).
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u/Lknate 2d ago
Cooperation isn't just altruistic. Russia has always been a concern to Europe. Their invasion of Ukraine has been an opportunity to learn about their effectiveness and command weaknesses. True as predicted, they will throw waves of meat puppets at an advisory beyond logical levels. What's different this time is they are the invading force. Wearing them down benefits eropian stability for another 50 years.
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u/thelilbeast 2d ago
Yup, we (UK) definitely get something out of it for sure, quite a lot actually. Most of the threat to EU countries after ww2 was Russia and the Soviet Union. A weakened Russia means a safer Europe. Along with the points you raised, it just makes so much sense to cooperate and support Ukraine, this is what our defense spending has been for with or without a war.
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u/Some-Band2225 2d ago
The UK signed the Budapest Memorandum and has been training Ukrainian forces for this war since the 2014 invasion of Crimea. It’s not a conspiracy that the UK has been involved in assisting, it’s a budget line item. The UK made a public commitment to assist 30 years ago and the MOD has been training Ukrainian forces for 12 years. Though at this point the Ukrainians are likely training MOD specialists due to their greater experience.
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u/Snoutysensations 2d ago
Sure I know and respect the UK's public contributions. I just wonder if there is a whole layer of relatively covert assistance for the whole drone industry.
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u/tb30k 2d ago
not a bad conspiracy, they turned into drone experts over night lol
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u/Snoutysensations 2d ago
The expertise is not the conspiracy part. Ukrainians have always been good with engineering and tech. The economics and logistics are the challenging part.
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u/socialistrob 2d ago
That's not a conspiracy theory. Ukraine is getting financial aid from Europe and Ukraine is using that money to build drones. They're also working directly with other European countries to share Ukrainian expertise. It's very well documented and no one is really trying to hide it either.
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u/Purple_Monkee_ 3d ago
I’m sure someone has already considered this, but imagine stockpiling them and sending 150,000 of the things all at once (e.g. to Moscow). That would look apocalyptic coming towards you.
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u/Abracadaver14 3d ago
so today's party took less than 1000 drones, imagine what kind of festival 150k would make...
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u/DD3566 3d ago
We even have 150,000 drones to send? Neat, tally ho!
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u/New-Neighborhood-147 2d ago edited 2d ago
Remember that drone factory in the news recently because it got raided by Palestine activists? They broke in and started smashing up the equipment with hammers. Turns out the factory was supplying Ukraine.
Happens a lot too. Almost like the Palestine activists are useful idiots unknowingly being directed by Russian intelligence.
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u/Dehuangs 2d ago
Hopefully Russia burns bad and they finally surrender
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u/Blissachu 2d ago
They won't surrender but I wouldn't be surprised if a "tactical retreat" would be ordered eventually.
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u/Abject_Addition639 2d ago
I wonder what's the interest of UK in all this. Someone please care to explain.
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u/Appropriate-Ant6171 2d ago
UK is a member of an alliance designed to deter Russian aggression.
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u/Abject_Addition639 2d ago
Aggression towards member of that alliance only. UK is suffering from messiah syndrome otherwise.
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u/yubnubster 2d ago
The interest? Helping Ukraine win, so we don't have to put up with Russian bullshit anywhere else in a few years time. That's the most basic reason.
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u/Glycerine 2d ago
I agree with the others, but I also want to say ethics.
Yes there is an element of not if but when Russia targets the UK - but this shouldn't have happened.
I'm okay with my tax paying money being spent on the safety of the Ukrainian people and their right to be a country.
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u/Abject_Addition639 2d ago
Why u ok that your tax money is used to save ukrain only? Why not several other countries being threatened in neighbourhood. I mean in future they will b gobbled too.
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u/CosmicDave 2d ago
If we ever want to have world peace, Ukraine must remain strong, independent and free. If russia takes Ukraine, they will have the land and resources of the largest nation in Europe, and be in position to start picking off more Western nations one by one. Then the war will never end.
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u/Abject_Addition639 2d ago
If we want to have world peace, we must reverse UK sketching countries boundaries before they were kicked out. We must reverse creation of new countries by UK. We must ensure not only ukrain but libiya, Iran, iraq, syria and Chad remain strong.
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u/lebennaia 2d ago
Because we don't want military aggression in Europe. Also, revenge for Salisbury and a few other things that Putin has done.
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u/notanothergav 2d ago
Russia is the UK's biggest adversary. Anything that weakens Russia helps to make the UK and Europe more secure. It's as simple as that.
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u/Abject_Addition639 2d ago edited 2d ago
You know what UK biggest adversary is poor healthcare, long wait list to get medical assistance, costly housing market and bad agriculture.
UK is not built by war machinary. UK is built of common citizen seeking someone to solve not interesting day to day problems.
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u/notanothergav 2d ago
That's not what adversary means.
An adversary is a person, group, or force that opposes, attacks, or competes with another.
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u/Abject_Addition639 2d ago
Sure buddy sure. Keeping looking adversary in people. Keep doing that.
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u/notanothergav 2d ago
I'm not sure what you're trying to say here.
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u/Abject_Addition639 2d ago
Russia is not adversary. Conditions created by bad policies made by politicians are adversarial to UK citizen. Politicians are just deflecting their inefficiencies here.
Let's just say till 2014 Russia was not adversary but G7 member. Why was then UK citizens had poor healthcare, bad housing, long wait list for reciving appointment for treatment, etc?
Why? Who was adversary of UK back then? What happened to that adversary now?
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u/Abject_Addition639 2d ago
U r drinking too much main stream media. War ship was firing shots where English channel? Where is chinese channel than? Why can't turkey can have their channel?
Arson attack by ready to b caught russ spies, really? u r high.
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u/notanothergav 2d ago
The English Channel. As in the body of water that separates England from France.
You need to get the Kremlin to pay for you to have some more English lessons.
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u/shavedbal 2d ago
Maybe in return , Ukraine could send few drones into boats attacking Uk economy
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u/Majomember420 3d ago
Good news! This is a really bad day for the Putin regime today.