re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.

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Our current military budget is 874 billion dollars. WHICH INCLUDES replacing obsolete equipment. So if we did just sent obsolete equipment to Ukraine. WTF happened to the 200 billion we "spent" on weapons for them???????

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So, here's an independent look at where the money has gone. Notice that this was a year ago, before Trump was elected. Since Trump has taken office, he's changed the policy - we do not send any aid to Ukraine anymore, we just sell them arms, so the fact that this is a year old doesn't make it obsolete, rather I doubt we'll be sending anymore actual aid to them during his presidency:

Aid sent to the Ukraine December 2024

For starters, only about $88B of the aid was actually spent, and while they were able to get more out the door between December of last year and the time Trump took office, but not much. So let's say that about $100B of aid actually got to the Ukrainians. What Trump and his Congress did with the rest, I don't know.

Here is a list of aid the US Military has sent to the Ukraine. Granted, it's Wikipedia, so don't shoot me, but it's about the most detailed I can find and it lists is sources:

Different countries aid to the Ukriane during the War

So, this is about $66B in military aid to this point according to this article and it's safe to say that this isn't all of it. Notice that we sent them things like T72 tanks than Abrams and Mi-17V5s helicopters, which were Soviet systems. Also, things like Javelins and Stingers were distinctly cold-war era weapons, some we haven't produced in years. Christ, we're sending them Zuni missiles for god sakes - they were developed in the 1950's.
So, yeah, we took this opportunity to mass dump our old shite on to the Ukrainians and plead 'we're runnin' out of stuff!!" Old DoD trick.

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You do realize we are still delivering weapons, you know why

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Yeah. We're selling them to the Ukrainians. Trump's been open about that.

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A new Vandenberg Coalition poll shows 72% of Trump voters support helping Ukraine and holding Russia accountable. Over half back sending intel or even Tomahawk missiles to strike inside Russia. Just 16% support Russia’s demand for more territory. Meanwhile, 83% want to uphold U.S. commitments to NATO and Ukraine.

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Russian government propaganda and, of course, narrow circles are persistently trying to prove that America will still stand by Russia on the issue of Ukraine's capitulation, although the events have developed differently, and this is additionally confirmed by the Vandenberg Coalition survey:

Only 16% of Donald Trump supporters support Russia's position on Ukraine's surrender of its territory. 46% support Ukraine's position - the return of absolutely all territories and the revival of Ukraine within internationally recognized borders.

At the same time, the views of conservative and MAGA Republicans are absolutely identical.

The majority of Republicans blame Putin for starting the war (and not Zelensky, as is customary in narrow circles where the victim is always and everywhere the culprit), and not Zelensky or Trump.

Putin - 53-57% Zelensky - 13-17% Trump - 12-22%

62% of Reps support Ukraine, while 31% are in favor of direct military aid.

76% support the imposition of sanctions against Russia, including the so-called "deadly sanctions", this figure is 84% ??in the MAGA segment.

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As we don't want to trigger our TACO lovers, we won't mention his current 41% approval / 56% disapproval numbers. Historic. Winning.

Oops. Sorry.

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Preliminary reports suggest one of Russia’s A-60 airborne laser aircraft may have been destroyed. Only two prototypes were ever built, “1A” and the upgraded “2A”, both based on the Il-76MD and used for experimental high-power laser systems.

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Taganrog is a port on the Sea of Azov.

We may be approaching the point where damage to Russian infrastructure from falling / badly aimed AA is exceeding that from Ukrainian drones and missiles. When the Novorossiysk Disco is playing, it's a good time to STF in the basement.

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Oops. Sorry.

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Your poll shows Trump supporters are in favor of what you want and your TDS riddled mind's response is to insult them?

Sounds about right.

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The survey was conducted from October 22 to 28, 2025, by The Vandenberg Coalition and the Republican Party-owned company TargetPoint.

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Did you think this poll wouldn't say what they wanted it to say?

65% of the public was against joining NATO. The constitutional changes were of the variety not voted on by the public. Ukraine's own constitution does not allow for military bases for foreign soldiers though they can enter temporarily.

I do stand corrected but there are nuances in its constitution and two ways to amend, one by legislature and another by the public.

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Looks like a museum piece. Would it have been fueled up

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Yeah, that plane hasn't flown since 2012, so its destruction really isn't that big of a deal. No, it would not have been fueled up.

Ukraine agrees to peace proposal, with only "minor details" to settle, official says, but no word from Russia

A U.S. official told CBS News on Tuesday that Ukraine's government had "agreed to a peace deal" brokered by the Trump administration to stop Russia's nearly four-year assault. The American official and Ukraine's national security adviser Rustem Umerov said a common understanding on a proposal had been reached, with details still to be worked out.

Umerov voiced optimism that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could travel to Washington before the end of November to finalize an agreement. CBS News was first to report on Sunday that U.S. and Ukrainian officials had previously discussed a potential visit to the U.S. this week by Zelenskyy.

"The Ukrainians have agreed to the peace deal," the U.S. official told CBS News. "There are some minor details to be sorted out but they have agreed to a peace deal."

CBS