Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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Ryuu96 said:

Regardless, since August Ukraine has destroyed 3 Russian S400 air defence systems, which is a combined total loss for Russia of more than $3.5billion. That's not a typo.

— Oz Katerji (@OzKaterji) October 4, 2023

Germany plans to supply additional air defenses for Ukraine to help protect grain shipments from potential Russian attacks, according to people familiar with the matter.

Berlin will send one extra IRIS-T air defense system and more than a dozen Gepard anti-aircraft guns that will provide cover for consignments heading toward Romania along the country's southern coast, the people said on condition of anonymity.

War in Ukraine: Germany to Supply Air Defenses for Ukraine Grain Shipments - Bloomberg

Another IRIS-T is good but I wish more Patriots were sent.

As much as I hate the Taurus situation and how long it took to send German made tanks but without all the different German air defence and air monitoring systems Ukraine would be pretty "dead". Also a lot of demining systems sent already.

That's also something countries like France or Italy should do much more. They already do almost nothing so do at least something to protect the civilization from air attacks ...

Talking about Patriot I'm not sure about Germany's situation. Germany sent additional systems to Poland so not sure what is even left which can be given to Ukraine. USA surely can send more but I guess with how expensive it is and the situation in USA right now we also can't expect more from there anytime soon.