For Ukraine, F-16s would boost its ability to attack ground targets, including Russian air defenses, reducing the air-defense stalemate.
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Germany’s inhibition to supply Leopard tanks to Ukraine was shaped in part by domestic German politics and fears of losing arms sales to the United States.
The U.S. has been the largest donor to Ukraine since the war began, but far-right legislators like Marjorie Taylor Green are increasingly vocal against Ukraine aid.
The U.S. plans to help Ukraine rebuild its military, even if the war ends in the near term.
Germany’s pacifist tradition and fears of nuclear war are among the drivers of its indecision on military aid to Ukraine.
Russian disinformation seeks to convince its public that the war is winnable and distract Ukraine and its Western allies.
Ukraine can succeed in its land battle with Russia through combined arms warfare. IFVs and tanks, working closely together, could play a big role.
Ukrainians have the resolve and foreign support to continue their fight. The Ukraine war will end when Putin can no longer afford its costs.
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine is much safer than Chernobyl, but continued Russian shelling raises the risk of radiation release.
In a tweet posted on Thursday evening Eastern Standard Time, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba claimed that a fire has…