Russia’s foreign ministry condemned the decision of Ecuador to hand over old Russian-made military hardware from its stocks to the U.S. for use in Ukraine, Russian state-controlled news agency RIA Novosti reported on Feb. 2.
Russia’s foreign ministry condemned the decision of Ecuador to hand over old Russian-made military hardware from its stocks to the U.S. for use in Ukraine, Russian state-controlled news agency RIA Novosti reported on Feb. 2.
scratches chin
Hmm. This sounds like what happens is maybe that we may not have funds budgeted to send aid to Ukraine, but do have funds budgeted to send aid to Ecuador.
googles
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuador-expects-deal-200-mln-us-security-equipment-support-2023-12-13/
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/01/30/joe-biden-is-arming-greece-so-greece-can-arm-ukraine-and-pro-russia-republicans-cant-stop-him/?sh=7c30f442424e
This sounds like a good year to be a country looking to trade in a bunch of weapons for some flashy new ones.
Probably not the most economically-efficient way to get aid to Ukraine, but I suppose politics are a cost of doing business.
It’s been like that from the start. Even my country traded obsolete tanks to Ukraine for some other weapons last year or even the year before. Most countries are not that sympathetic I guess, they just see a good deal.
edit: for->to