UkraineTexas

Ukr/Texas family. Supporter of Ukraine from within the country

[UkraineTexas @TexasUkraine]

Thanks for tracking his public ignorance.

[Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV) @TheMilkBarTV]

Alt media’s favourite economist, Jeffrey Sachs, and his DISASTROUS predictions on the war in Ukraine.

[UkraineTexas @TexasUkraine]

It's not just a fair question, but THE question

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

Can you explain to me why Bin Laden, who destroyed two buildings, was hunted by the CIA for years — but a war criminal who bombs cities in Europe every day is having a meeting with the Special Representative of President of the United States?

[UkraineTexas @TexasUkraine]

True about multiple leaders in Ukraine yet same Russian response

[Michael MacKay @mhmck]

Russia invaded Ukraine when Oleksandr Turchynov was Acting President of Ukraine.

Russia kept on invading Ukraine when Petro Poroshenko was President of Ukraine.

Russia kept on invading Ukraine when Volodymyr Zelenskyy was President of Ukraine.

Trump is Putin's puppet.

[UkraineTexas @TexasUkraine]

For the record on U.S. help to Ukraine

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Yesterday, President Trump said that the US will ask Europe to repay the money the US spent on Ukraine.

My thoughts on that:

First and foremost, the people of Ukraine are deeply grateful to the United States for all the assistance provided!

Indeed, Ukraine has received real and massive military assistance from the United States - $67.8 billion in committed defense articles and services: over 10,000 Javelin systems, over 3,000 Stingers, dozens of HIMARS, Patriot, and NASAMS systems, Abrams tanks, Bradley and Stryker fighting vehicles, howitzers, and millions of artillery shells.

Part of the U.S. assistance was provided as non-repayable grants. Aid to Ukraine also included U.S. defense spending and orders placed with American industry. The cost of aid to Ukraine and the economic and security benefits for the U.S. existed simultaneously.

First, the U.S. did not transfer $195 billion to Ukraine. This figure represents the total budgetary framework of the U.S. response to the war, which includes not only weapons and financial aid to Ukraine, but also U.S. troops in Europe, the replenishment of U.S. military stockpiles, purchases from its own military-industrial complex, logistics, and agency operations. As of March 31, 2026, out of $195 billion, $177.8 billion had been obligated and $116 billion actually disbursed. Moreover, roughly $4.2 billion within this system already came from allies via the PURL, PURL, rather than from the American taxpayer.

Second, nearly $50 billion of this amount was not aid to Ukraine at all - it was U.S. spending on its own troops in Europe. This includes EUCOM, the European Deterrence Initiative, troop deployments, transport, logistics, infrastructure, and sustaining the U.S. military presence. These were real U.S. budget expenditures caused by the war, but Ukraine never received these funds. Presenting them as an American "gift to Ukraine" that Europe must now compensate for is incorrect.

Third, nearly $46 billion more was allocated to replenish the U.S.’s own arsenals. The U.S. provided weapons to Ukraine from its own stockpiles, after which the Pentagon received funds to replace them. In effect, Ukraine might have received an older system, while new budget funds went to American manufacturers to produce new weapons for the U.S. As a result, these expenditures simultaneously funded the rearmament of the U.S. military and the operations of American factories.

In other words, tens of billions of dollars in military assistance did not go directly to Ukraine - they were converted into defense contracts inside the United States. Through USAI, new systems, ammunition, and military services for Ukraine are funded through manufacturers. Through replenishment, U.S. companies produce replacements for what the Pentagon transferred to Ukraine. The beneficiaries include Lockheed Martin, RTX, General Dynamics, Boeing, BAE Systems, Oshkosh, AM General, AeroVironment, L3Harris, and a large network of suppliers.

Fourth, the United States gained just corporate revenue from this spending, but also new production capacity. Funds went toward expanding production of 155mm ammunition, PAC-3 MSE, GMLRS, Javelins, and other systems. The war exposed shortages in the U.S. military-industrial complex while at the same time providing the Pentagon with funding to address them. In other words, part of the assistance to Ukraine became an investment in America’s own defense industrial base.

Fifth, direct transfers of money to the Ukrainian government were far smaller than the political claims about "hundreds of billions." The largest block of direct budget support amounted to around $30 billion and was provided mainly through the World Bank for civilian expenditures - salaries for Ukrainian teachers and medical workers, pensions, and social payments. There were also humanitarian, energy, and economic programs. This was real financial assistance to Ukraine. But that is precisely why it should be distinguished from the tens of billions spent by the Pentagon inside the United States.

Sixth, the narrative that America was paying instead of Europe does not reflect the scale of European assistance. The EU and its member states estimate their total support for Ukraine and Ukrainians at more than €220 billion. According to U.S. accounting, the United States committed $67.8 billion in military assistance, while total security assistance from allies and partners amounted to around $130 billion. The accounting methodologies differ, so these figures should not be mechanically compared dollar for dollar. But they certainly do not show a situation in which America paid while Europe did not.

Seventh, Europe is already financing American weapons for Ukraine. Through PURL, allies transfer funds to the United States for the supply of the American weapons to Ukraine and for the replenishment of American stockpiles.

By March 2026, the figure was already approximately $4.2 billion. And in the first half of 2026, European donors purchased at least €3 billion worth of weapons for Ukraine from U.S. defense companies. In other words, part of the current system literally works in the opposite direction: European money → the U.S. military-industrial complex → weapons for Ukraine.

Yes, the United States provided aid to Ukraine, but not as some enormous free transfer made in place of Europe. In reality, Ukraine received critically important assistance for which we will remain grateful, Europe spent vast sums of its own money, and a significant share of U.S. spending remained inside the United States itself - in the form of new weapons, replenished stockpiles, a strengthened military presence, and multibillion-dollar contracts for the U.S. military-industrial complex.

[UkraineTexas @TexasUkraine]

@Starlink Thanks for connecting Ukraine! Now keep Ukraine connected so they can stop missiles from being lunched in Russia before they kill women and children.

[UkraineTexas @TexasUkraine]

Keeping this here for the record

[Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV) @TheMilkBarTV]

Tucker Carlson's favourite "political scientist", John Mearsheimer, and his ATROCIOUS predictions on the war in Ukraine:

Feb. 2022: "I don't think Russia is going to invade."
Sep. 2023: "The Ukrainians are doomed to lose."
Jan. 2024: "It's ridiculous to think Ukraine can hold the line in 2024."
Apr. 2025: "It's unimaginable Ukraine will hang on beyond 2025."
Jul. 2026: "The Russians are slowly moving forward."

The Jim Cramer of foreign policy predictions.

[UkraineTexas @TexasUkraine]

@BKD_Nebr_MAGA @Kasparov63 You need to listen to Loomer.

[UkraineTexas @TexasUkraine]

Ukraine is fighting against corruption. That much is clear

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Michael Clarke: When people in the States say, "Oh, look how corrupt Ukraine is," I’d say, "First of all, pal, I think Ukraine, objectively, is less corrupt than United States is these days."

You can construct sensible argument, which says: "Ukrainians talk about corruption because it bothers them. You guys have stopped talking about it because it doesn’t bother you anymore. You’ve normalized it."

I think there’s sensible argument to say that Ukraine is less corrupt than the United States.

[UkraineTexas @TexasUkraine]

@Sulkhan Putin said Ukraine in NATO is not an issue in May 2002 in Rome.

[UkraineTexas @TexasUkraine]

https://t.co/1N5zs3icfC

[UkraineTexas @TexasUkraine]

Moscow is burning. Ukraine is striking oil facilities while Russia targets civilians, churches and first responders.

[UkraineTexas @TexasUkraine]

Russia is a "Thugocracy"....well said.

[Scott McMahan @BiggerTruth]

Here @Wiswesser explains the activities of Russian intelligence services. It's an important 3 minutes.

He quotes one Russian operative, when asked why Russia doesn't engage with diplomacy with Ukraine, "Diplomacy doesn't matter. We're trying to destroy the system the United States set up... They want to destroy the way the world functions, liberal based democracies and law functioning societies. They want to destroy it."

"I believe it's all meant to coerce the West, to intimidate European partners not to help Ukraine in particular."

"The most important thing is to understand how they think... Their culture is a thugocracy. These intelligence services are like giant mafia bands... They have no equivalents. A lot of people say the FSB in Russia is like the FBI in the United States. Nothing further from the truth."

"It's a bully culture, and that goes back to the Chekist traditions of the KGB."

[UkraineTexas @TexasUkraine]

Hmm, nothing has changed

[Brahmbeere 🇺🇦 @Brahmbeere]

"Do you trust the Russians?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because they broke every agreement they ever made with me."

— Harry Truman

[UkraineTexas @TexasUkraine]

Russia being Russia

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

I just watched priests trying to save crucifixes from a burning monastery.

This is what russia is destroying.

The Kyiv Lavra is one of the holiest Orthodox sites on earth. A UNESCO World Heritage site.

Moscow calls itself “Christian civilisation.”

It’s literally barbarism.

[UkraineTexas @TexasUkraine]

It would be safe to say that she represents everyone in Ukraine with that face.

[Beefeater @Beefeater_Fella]

This should cheer you up. Watch till the end…

Politico awarded Kallas the prize for the worst "poker face".

Her face became a "symbol of Europe's discontent towards Americans", the article says.

The head of European diplomacy pursed her lips and puffed out her cheeks when US Permanent Representative to the UN Walts talked about Washington's successes in ending numerous wars.

[UkraineTexas @TexasUkraine]

These are the right questions.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

REP. BACON: This administration, and particularly Pentagon right now, is very critical of Europe, EU, NATO, and you never hear them criticize Russia.

Why are they so weak on Russia, which affects their Ukraine and Baltics policy, but so quick to always want to criticize Europe?

That's not good for America, not good for our national security. We, with our allies, have to work together to counter Russia, to counter China, and to help us in Middle East.

This constant criticism, along with President's threats towards Greenland as well as Canada, has hurt us. Our allies have lost a lot of trust in United States.

[UkraineTexas @TexasUkraine]

Important to know history.
Russia can't stand it when people know truth

[Darth Putin @DarthPutinKGB]

OTD in 1990 at the Washington Summit G H Bush told Gorbachev that the USA would *not* make any promise regarding new members joining NATO.

He said USA wanted a "Europe whole and free" and cannot accept agreements limiting nations' rights to choose alliances".

[UkraineTexas @TexasUkraine]

For the record and against Russian propaganda.

[Libby Fella 🇫🇮 @LibbySnowflak]

There was never a civil war in Donbas. Just a russian invasion.

[UkraineTexas @TexasUkraine]

Brief and we'll said

[Libby Fella 🇫🇮 @LibbySnowflak]

@JohnCleese Excellent!

[UkraineTexas @TexasUkraine]

Well done Ukraine!

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

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