If they want Western weapons, let them pay for them. I support arms dealing as an expression of capitalism in this case. If they want the weapons, put in an order.

Of course, they're broke af. They're broker than we are. Their materiel and most of their vehicles were wiped out in the first week or two. People forget how this all started. Zelensky had moved the bulk of his forces east for a kill shot on Donetsk and Lugansk. They were prepping a major operation to retake the two autonomous regions. Russia saw it, and rapidly encircled the majority of their force - then shot up their gear like shooting fish in a barrel. Zelensky started begging right then, and he's been flying around the world in private jets and the combat fatigues since, asking everyone he can for free weapons. He's broke. He can't afford anything. He's got literally nothing here, and he's at risk of missing payments on a lot of his national debt. His country should've collapsed 3-4x by now.

Right now, the only reason this war is continuing is because Biden's paying their bills and sending them weapons. They're using our intelligence assets, our weapons, our training. Our leaders are making the calls from Washington. We're fighting the war right now with Ukrainian bodies. This is a very different relationship from being an arms dealing capitalist. If Congress wasn't thoroughly corrupt, they'd end this shit right now. There is no AUMF for this war Biden's fighting.