After crippling weapons shortage, how significant is new US aid package? | DW News

Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba has called on his European Union counterparts to step up their commitments to Kyiv's war effort, to prevent what he described as 'worst-case scenarios.'
Many EU foreign and defense ministers meeting in Luxembourg expressed relief over the US House of Representatives approving a massive foreign aid package for Ukraine over the weekend. But the EU ministers stopped short of pledging more Patriot air defense systems as has been urgently requested by Kyiv.

00:00 Background
01:14 William Courtney, Senior Analyst, RAND Corporation

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[ericpoeperic]

I'm glad we sent money wish we had done so sooner. Hope this spurs Uncle Olaf to send the Taurus.. we need to change the momentum

[bertjilk]

Kremlin trolls squealing here already 😂

[alandworsky]

EU is great at promising aid, but less good at actually making the delivery, it would be great if they could get better at that

[michelemarr]

EVERYONE SHOULD STEP UP, BIGTIME! The Netherlands have. 👍

[jair]

Ugh more tax dollars out of the US. These war mongers are unbelievable.

[ricardosmythe]

If this kind of aid was sent 12 months ago when it dropped off significantly it would of made a big difference. As it stands it will just allow a stalemate as its intended to do.

[Agtsmirnoff]

It's all over for little boy Putin 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[ragingmonk]

This guy is wrong. Europe agreed to to the aid but it comes in installments over the next few years. Stop counting what has not been sent. Promises do not make effect ammo for artillery units.

[James-]

Being so slow has wasted so much of the aid we’ve sent already, frustrating that it takes Jerusalem getting attacked for ppl to wake up to what Russia and China are doing

[tradingwizard]

Yeah, Patriots tend to get Iskandered 😂 .

[jimamar]

Look at the anchor's happy face—what a moment

[michaelcorlet]

How will russia react.easy, bullieing and intimidation. Hes a looser.😮

[JasonBlack]

Let's not get too optimistic or take this relief for granted, we have to keep pressure on our politicians and representatives to do more for Ukraine.

[seekthetruth]

So US$61, 000, 000, 000. That's like RUB 5, 682, 412, 300, 000. Damn, that's a lot of rubles.

[traveller]

It’s good but crazy that usa spends more for eu defence than Europe does .

[stephanie-ktbh]

The most important question is, how is the news anchor so amazingly beautiful?

[KirenKK-tepb]

They can start using their reserves only after the Aid in kind (and not money) reaches them before the Russian onslaught before monsoons/ rains.

[THESocialJusticeWarrior]

This video totally leaves out the fact that Trump flipped and told Johnson to flip too because it was hurting him in the polls.

[МарияЦюр]

The United States should provide Ukraine with air security systems for the safety of Ukrainian civilians

[fronabulax]

look up the RAND articles: " extending Russia" and "overextending Russia"
This is at play from the beginning, let's see how it turns out.