Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

[Bofferbrauer2]

BFR said:

SvennoJ said:

Ukraine can win back lost territory: Trump

Trump said he believes that Ukraine, with the support of the European Union and NATO, can win back all of the territory Russia has taken since its invasion.

In a post on his Truth Social platform following a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in New York, Trump also said he would continue to supply weapons to NATO “for NATO to do what they want with them.â€Â

Then he should sell 1000 M2 Bradleys to NATO countries as a start !!!!

Russia controls about 18% of Ukraine today.

If Ukraine started taking back some of their territory, Russia would call for a ceasefire, call for an end to the war.

It's that simple.

Putin doesn't care about how many troops he lost, he doesn't care about how many APCs and tanks he lost.

He ONLY cares about how much of Ukraine he controls - and he controls about 18% of it.

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Edit: Drones can't control land, only boots on the ground can.

They will probably send their old M113 first. Apparently the US have around 8000 of them in reserve, so Ukraine could be a good way for the US to get rid of them, especially since they finally have a successor coming with the AMPV. While the US also have about 2800 Bradleys in storage (2000 M2 and 800 M3), I believe someone like Trump would want to make a quick buck on the M113 first rather than send the more modern stuff.

Also, I'm sure they'd love to sell (or even just send as a donation) some of their old Humvees, as the US has a staggering 125000 of them and are all set to get replaced.

Finally, the US are currently trying to divest from their large stock of MRAPs, by the tune of 7800 7400 vehicles. These certainly would be more of a priority for the US to send to Ukraine as unlike the other mentioned vehicles these are not planned to go to storage. Buffalo, Cougar and the South African MRAPs RG 31/33 will be mostly axed and thus prime for delivery to Ukraine.

Tl;dr: There are many vehicles the US will probably send first in larger numbers than the Bradley, mostly vehicles that are getting axed because of age or change in doctrine. So I wouldn't hold my breath for large shipments of Bradleys anytime soon.

Edit: corrected the number of MRAPs

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 26 September 2025