How the £500 million UK aid package will help ‘desperate’ Ukraine | Cormac Smith

2024 ж. 27 Сәу.
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“We’ve heard reports of them being outgunned up to ten to one on parts of the frontline by the Russians”.
Cormac Smith, former special advisor to Ukraine’s foreign minister, says the UK’s new Ukraine aid package will make “a huge difference” in the short term.
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  • We are broke...... Let's send Ukraine £500 million of taxpayers money, yeah alright joker

    @dontcare9462@dontcare946216 күн бұрын
    • Head in sand much?

      @bg1616@bg161615 күн бұрын
    • More like is his head in Siberian permafrost much. He reeks of Putlerbot.

      @harshbutfair8993@harshbutfair899315 күн бұрын
    • When the Russians win, then you will be broke alright. The left says you are the 6th richest country in the world. You need to face reality, i am afraid. USA wont help you much anymore. Millions unemployed, where is your arms industry?

      @abdell75roussos@abdell75roussos15 күн бұрын
    • Only we're not, we are still one of the wealthiest nations on the planet - if not us then who?

      @Scaleyback317@Scaleyback31715 күн бұрын
    • One big massive scam

      @misc_channel@misc_channel15 күн бұрын
  • It would make a huge difference spent on the NHS

    @jimorr5580@jimorr558016 күн бұрын
    • You are pathetic.

      @conordixon6915@conordixon691516 күн бұрын
    • I doubt it. Boris gave an extra £20 billion. That never solved a bottomless pit.

      @crimeajewel@crimeajewel16 күн бұрын
    • It would make a difference to improve both. It would make a difference if people who claim benefits who are perfectly able to work, to get of their lazy arses and go to work.

      @Countryboy071@Countryboy07116 күн бұрын
    • @@Countryboy071 Would make a huge difference if they made the tories who robbed the country to hand it back

      @jimorr5580@jimorr558016 күн бұрын
    • @@jimorr5580 would make a huge difference if Boris Bohnson was prime Minister again.

      @Countryboy071@Countryboy07116 күн бұрын
  • Cancel that council tax.criminals in power

    @dingodave3016@dingodave301616 күн бұрын
  • 500 million!!! The UK can’t even spare £100 to a homeless person who is on the brink of starvation.

    @WhyteBritish13@WhyteBritish1315 күн бұрын
    • Where are these people on the brink of starvation? Most of 'em can be found in McDonalds they're the ones who are obese.

      @Scaleyback317@Scaleyback31715 күн бұрын
  • While British veterans & citizens sleep rough we have money for foreign wars & asylum seekers but not for our own social security 🤮🤮

    @michmunroe.9196@michmunroe.919615 күн бұрын
    • Totally agree. makes absolutely no sense

      @_J.L_@_J.L_14 күн бұрын
  • It's not our war.....I do not pay taxes to support Ukraine.....

    @maryts3070@maryts307015 күн бұрын
  • Ukraine sovereignty so important yet our own not worth nothing whatsoever 🤔

    @brotherd89@brotherd8916 күн бұрын
    • Russian sovereignty not under threat. Don't believe the Kremlin lies and excuses for this brutal invasion Vlad.

      @harshbutfair8993@harshbutfair899315 күн бұрын
  • It will help arms manufacturers, that's all.

    @Evemeister12@Evemeister1216 күн бұрын
    • And the people who work for them and the smaller businesses/services contracted by them and the people who work for them and the retirment funds who have invested their members money in them, or the taxes paid by all of those people. Not really thought this through have you?

      @Scaleyback317@Scaleyback31715 күн бұрын
    • Idiotic. Darwinism would take you out.

      @abdell75roussos@abdell75roussos12 күн бұрын
  • It would be nice to have most of our roads fixed. It’s unbearable.

    @NarniaTheMC@NarniaTheMC16 күн бұрын
    • They will blame immigrants and then cause a civil war to take the blame off of them. Sunak is a big joke the rat

      @jamal22958@jamal2295815 күн бұрын
    • Getyour cuntrymen to do it, the ones who you pay to do nothing.

      @abdell75roussos@abdell75roussos12 күн бұрын
    • The billionaires will do well in the arms company's and that's it every one else are losers

      @mrvgranfield@mrvgranfield12 күн бұрын
    • @@mrvgranfield If you do not have an arms industry, then you will get invaded/ wiped off the map. Its just reality.

      @abdell75roussos@abdell75roussos10 күн бұрын
  • Our taxes on this bs

    @chris3341@chris334116 күн бұрын
  • Why are we paying for this.??????uk needs to look after our own …..

    @theirmama7642@theirmama764216 күн бұрын
    • High cost of living crisis people are struggling yet thousands of miles away blue eyes people get it

      @ZafarIqbal-jl8yq@ZafarIqbal-jl8yq16 күн бұрын
    • Your country hands out billions every year to all that demand it, if you care to read your news. Growing imported terror threats too. You are paying for this, because you some of you know what is going to happen if/when Putin wins. You people really dont understand whats happening to you? USA is done with the woke, left wing Europe, best of luck, you will need it.

      @abdell75roussos@abdell75roussos15 күн бұрын
    • We are looking after our own. That's why the aid is crucial so our kids don't have to fight

      @petershutak5573@petershutak557315 күн бұрын
    • And this is the best way of ensuring this war gets not closer to us than Ukraine - not thought this through have you?

      @Scaleyback317@Scaleyback31715 күн бұрын
    • @@petershutak5573 Why would we have to fight Russia? After all, “They’re the second best army in Ukraine”. At this rate we should just let the Baltics and Ukraine deal with them. Russia hasn’t got any bullets.. right? Right?

      @MichaelJ44@MichaelJ4415 күн бұрын
  • £500 million? Should last a week or two.

    @Withnail1969@Withnail196916 күн бұрын
    • Some of it will come back it's called kick back 😂 shear holders

      @ZafarIqbal-jl8yq@ZafarIqbal-jl8yq16 күн бұрын
    • Mrs Zelensky will have fun spending it on new clothes in New York, Paris, Milan, etc.

      @gwenpaxton1802@gwenpaxton180215 күн бұрын
    • If it lasts long enough to blow that supply bridge & railway into the middle of next year then that's a week or two and half a bil well spend.

      @RocketPropelledWombat@RocketPropelledWombat15 күн бұрын
    • @@RocketPropelledWombat what supply bridge? have you looked at a map recently?

      @Withnail1969@Withnail196912 күн бұрын
    • @@Withnail1969 Besides every intelligence map of the war created since the beginning of the war? Which one am I missing?

      @RocketPropelledWombat@RocketPropelledWombat11 күн бұрын
  • We have got money to prolong foreign wars at the cost of NHS and homelessness here.

    @zt9046@zt904615 күн бұрын
    • We always had a homelessness problem. Long before the war.

      @petershutak5573@petershutak557315 күн бұрын
    • @@petershutak5573 Spent a lot of time with groups of those people. Way too many do not want it any other way. Find 'em a roof over their head and a surprising number of them will move out within a week. Don't aske me why - I have asked many of them why and many of them say they feel safter, freer and don't want what we think they should want. I don't understand it but some of them just feel that way and then go out looking for their next drink or fix or doorway.

      @Scaleyback317@Scaleyback31715 күн бұрын
    • @@petershutak5573 IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM YES BUT THERE ARE LOADS OF EX SERVICE MAN THAT ARE HOMLESS THATS HOW WE TREAT OUR HEROES

      @darrylrichardson7940@darrylrichardson79409 күн бұрын
  • Most of it will be spent on British arms, it's almost misleading to suggest it's going to Ukraine, it's going to British arms dealers

    @BowserLucaTheThird@BowserLucaTheThird16 күн бұрын
    • Same as American aid goes mostly to their weapons companies and makes jobs, which makes it so difficult to understand why MAGA held everything up for 6 months...

      @chrissmith2114@chrissmith211416 күн бұрын
    • What arms manufacturers? We outsource nearly everything. We don't even make our own ships or tanks.

      @kencollins6324@kencollins632415 күн бұрын
  • Now you know why the retirement age is being set at 71 money lundering costs money

    @alanparis8946@alanparis894616 күн бұрын
    • So it's got nothing to do with people living longer as a result of having such healthy and wealthy lives nowadays. Or the fact that just about every other western country is having to do or consider doing exactly the same thing? Not very bright are you?

      @Scaleyback317@Scaleyback31715 күн бұрын
    • Lack of skilled motivated persons, plus ECHR will destroy your country as payback.

      @abdell75roussos@abdell75roussos12 күн бұрын
    • Oh! And there was me thinkinng the retirement age was being raised (all over the developed world) simply because we are all living longer and you and others would not wish to taxed more to pay for that privilege. How silly of me.!

      @Scaleyback317@Scaleyback31712 күн бұрын
    • @@Scaleyback317 You have a lot more to pay for defence, and a lot more bills to pay.

      @abdell75roussos@abdell75roussos10 күн бұрын
    • @@Scaleyback317 .... a generation that is less skilled, and phone addicted.

      @abdell75roussos@abdell75roussos10 күн бұрын
  • What a joke probably robbed off Disabled 😒

    @mfisimo2000@mfisimo200016 күн бұрын
    • The world needs more leaders like Putin. That will quickly increase, by millions, the size of the disabled populations within all countries. Which, in turn, will augment global "robbing-the-disabled" revenues.

      @davidwright5094@davidwright509416 күн бұрын
    • This is the reason the disabled getting the chop

      @marcusdosh408@marcusdosh40816 күн бұрын
    • The forthcoming cuts to benefits go to Ukraine for a unwinnable war started by the USA

      @mrvgranfield@mrvgranfield12 күн бұрын
  • 300mil of that will go in to Zelenskis back pocket

    @MrSBGames@MrSBGames15 күн бұрын
  • no one speaks for the taxpayers

    @eternaltsuki8188@eternaltsuki818815 күн бұрын
  • Do the British public get a say in any of this? I'd rather it be spent on something worthwhile not putting us first in the queue for nuclear attack.

    @ThePerks2010@ThePerks201016 күн бұрын
    • Why the f should they

      @lazinareid9454@lazinareid945416 күн бұрын
    • If invasion happened to the UK you'd want outside assistance to help kick out the invaders, true or false

      @bg1616@bg161615 күн бұрын
    • @@bg1616Yh except its the rest of the eu nations are barley sending anything in comparison, this war isnt about war, its about money

      @experimentationchris@experimentationchris15 күн бұрын
    • @experimentationchris I don't disagree but that's Putin 💯 it's not his money

      @bg1616@bg161615 күн бұрын
    • @@bg1616 Thank goodness there are rational right thinking people still posting here. Well said. The last time we found ourseilves in the position Ukraine is in today there were countries rallying to our aid from all corners of the globe - people have very short and very selective memories.

      @Scaleyback317@Scaleyback31715 күн бұрын
  • I'm happy that the people in comment section are not happy with this war funding

    @OYT95@OYT9515 күн бұрын
    • As a Troll you would be wouldn't you?

      @Scaleyback317@Scaleyback31712 күн бұрын
  • Do the Tories actually think this is a vote winner?

    @thehusketeers4319@thehusketeers431915 күн бұрын
  • Lets face it Ukraine has lost. Russia has won. No point flogging a dead horse. Can we just save our money. I remember 15 years ago, there used to be day centres for the elderly, where i as a taxi driver used to pick the elderly and bring them twice a week to these centres. They had a meal, played games and for some, this was their only time out of their homes. Sad sad place the UK has become. Stop giving money away and make our own citizens lives bearable.

    @alimmiah4592@alimmiah459216 күн бұрын
    • Let's face it - To win this war the only thing Ukraine has to do is stay in the fight. This version of Russia cannot keep this up. As for the rest of your drivel you can still dontate toward such and maybe drive the elderly there free of charge.

      @Scaleyback317@Scaleyback31715 күн бұрын
    • If you do not want to support Ukraine in this struggle, than you as taxi driver can also deliver russian language teacher to these centres for elderly…!

      @zdenekkindl2778@zdenekkindl277815 күн бұрын
    • If/ when Putin wins, then you will get a lot poorer, plus refugee crisis. Millions paid unemployed, 12 bllion a year on hotels, (plus the rest). You went woke, stayed in the ECHR, who will force you to give away everything you have left.

      @abdell75roussos@abdell75roussos12 күн бұрын
  • As tax payers we are complicit in this. So if we don’t stand up against this then we are supporting this.

    @samuilplamenov4749@samuilplamenov474915 күн бұрын
    • You still dont understand that you are going to be fighting for your very survival? Your country just gives away billions a year to anyone who comes in anyway.

      @abdell75roussos@abdell75roussos15 күн бұрын
    • SO ITS ONLY THE TAXPAYERS AT FAULT WHAT ABOUT THE IDLE BASTERDS THAT DONT WORK TO PAY TAXES THEY ARE NOT TO BLAME THEN

      @darrylrichardson7940@darrylrichardson79409 күн бұрын
  • It might even help the increasingly desperate Times Radio as well. It’s not going to be much help to desperate people in the UK though.

    @Patendyck76@Patendyck7616 күн бұрын
    • It hasnt even got started yet. Lazy Brits, less innovation, ECHR who will do their best to make sure you give away everything you have left. btw WW3 with Russia meand ££££ to NATO.

      @abdell75roussos@abdell75roussos12 күн бұрын
  • There goes my tax 😡

    @rexxxplays686@rexxxplays68615 күн бұрын
  • You need 500 million a day to defend in a war I heard somewhere...

    @mikeb439@mikeb43916 күн бұрын
  • £500M wasted pounds...

    @kencollins6324@kencollins632415 күн бұрын
  • its an "investement" in the uk arms industry and the chance to win a contract from Blackrock.... we're ok though, we got the Captain Mainwaring to protect us ..

    @marxman00@marxman0016 күн бұрын
  • ANY taxpayer's money sent abroad should be deducted from the incredibly wasteful Overseas Aid Budget which is about £14 billion a year to much. Funding illegal s crossing the channel should also come from this waste of money.

    @KillerBill1953@KillerBill195315 күн бұрын
    • The UK like the rest of Europe is out of touch with reality. An MP will make the news about war, and probably soon. you have huge internal threats too now. USA had enough, last support, up to Europe now to stand and fight or else.

      @abdell75roussos@abdell75roussos15 күн бұрын
  • One big massive scam

    @misc_channel@misc_channel15 күн бұрын
  • best you give that money to people living under bridges in England

    @frankrenda2519@frankrenda251916 күн бұрын
    • You need to learn history .... wonder how much the military budget is is England... google may know. In 2022/23, the United Kingdom spent approximately 55.5 billion British pounds on defense, compared with 51.9 billion pounds in the previous year

      @sab3295@sab329516 күн бұрын
    • @@inabsentia439 can't forget they feed you too.

      @sab3295@sab329516 күн бұрын
    • ​@@inabsentia439you aren't homeless but you are narcissistic

      @Beyond_Belief534@Beyond_Belief53416 күн бұрын
    • Why wasn't that -money given to people living under bridges BEFORE Russia invaded Ukraine? Perhaps you should think about the BILLIONS stolen from the British people during covid.

      @daydays12@daydays1216 күн бұрын
    • @@sab3295 THAT SHOULD BE TO DEFEND OUR SHORES. NOT SLAVIC STATES.YOU JOIN THE FORCES TO FIGHT FOR KING AND COUNTRY OUR KING AND COUNTRY.

      @darrylrichardson7940@darrylrichardson794016 күн бұрын
  • 500 million ?, wr have our own problems at home.I did not agree as a tax payer to give them money or to get involved . Our m p,s should be tried as thre traitors they are.!

    @chrisplace9773@chrisplace977316 күн бұрын
    • £500 aid to an ally now, for multiple billions and involvement in active warfare a year two down the line. As a taxpayer, I know a good investment when I see one. As a democrat, I know what is at stake. I think it is you that needs to be recognised as the traitor.

      @kaylidington@kaylidington16 күн бұрын
    • You'll have even more problems if Putin wins in Ukraine. As a member of Nato you'll be dragged into a war on the continent. Is that what you want? Or do you really believe that Putin will stop at Ukraine?

      @DavidSmith-eh9im@DavidSmith-eh9im16 күн бұрын
    • ​@@kaylidingtonI think you are

      @Beyond_Belief534@Beyond_Belief53416 күн бұрын
    • ​@@kaylidington As a democrat one would hope you believed in democracy. If you knew why this conflict started you may well think differently, but then again, maybe not.

      @trytellingthetruth.2068@trytellingthetruth.206816 күн бұрын
    • @@trytellingthetruth.2068 Russia illegally invaded an internationally recognised peaceful sovereign country. Not a good move.

      @daydays12@daydays1216 күн бұрын
  • I'm an ex British soldier married to a Russian woman and living in Krasnagorsk, Moscow. Here they've just delivered two heaps of scrap. 1 Leopard tank and 1 Abrams tank which will be placed in Victory Park. After that I think they'll be displaying them outside the respective Embassies. Should be a good laugh to have a look at . NATO was defeated by Russia without firing one single round .

    @paulsidaway4014@paulsidaway401416 күн бұрын
    • my wife is russian but we live in uk, completeley agree

      @davidjames-rp6oi@davidjames-rp6oi16 күн бұрын
    • Russian Pensioners are doing well ?????

      @user-wl4cl1ph3b@user-wl4cl1ph3b16 күн бұрын
    • No one from England supports this! I don’t! I think it’s a complete joke!

      @morleymobproductionz@morleymobproductionz16 күн бұрын
    • @@user-wl4cl1ph3bUS veterans many is homeless

      @Xyrozen@Xyrozen15 күн бұрын
    • @paulsidaway4014 Have you forgotten to write good English during your time in your supposed adopted homeland?

      @harshbutfair8993@harshbutfair899315 күн бұрын
  • Vote Reform UK

    @bubbahope243@bubbahope24315 күн бұрын
  • Wait, i thought Ukraine was winning and Russia was fighting with shovels? Oh, you mean you lied?

    @MichaelJ44@MichaelJ4415 күн бұрын
  • As someone who works 60+ hours a week and gives 1/3 of my wages to government, where was my vote on this?

    @gtjust8188@gtjust818816 күн бұрын
    • 1991 Ukraine had the third most nukes. They gave them all up cause both the USA and the UK said they would help Ukraine.... were you working then???

      @sab3295@sab329516 күн бұрын
    • The last general election. You do not get to vote on each government decision - pick your representatives well. This is democracy. If you don't like it, move to Moscow and try the alternative.

      @kaylidington@kaylidington16 күн бұрын
    • @@kaylidington or North Korea.

      @sab3295@sab329516 күн бұрын
    • @@kaylidington Democracy ? You need to take a lot more water with it.

      @stevestephens8969@stevestephens896916 күн бұрын
    • ​@@kaylidingtonare you on task?

      @Beyond_Belief534@Beyond_Belief53416 күн бұрын
  • There has been similar reluctance to spend money on foreign conflicts, only to find oneself in a difficult situation requiring assistance from American allies. Ignoring the issue will not safeguard against the aggressive empire attempting to consume Europe. The UK could be one of the final parts to be consumed, as in the past. The term "Great Britain" is often used, but some argue that Britain's prominence has diminished, and it is now a small island nation with a legacy from the past. The tradition of monarchy persists, with significant funds allocated to it annually by the taxpayers. Hundreds of millions a year so they can play King and Court. Might want to get your priorities in line.

    @CRMcGee2@CRMcGee213 күн бұрын
  • Using our hard-earned money again, and we don't get looked after. I am all for helping people, but help your own people first (IT'S OUR MONEY)

    @thunderace44@thunderace4416 күн бұрын
  • Why send ukraine 500million in a war that doesn't involve us could be used to help hospitals and Dr's in this country

    @lurchers498@lurchers49815 күн бұрын
  • Send him there!!

    @user-ie8rf6kz6c@user-ie8rf6kz6c16 күн бұрын
  • What about the Desperate British people that need medical aid?

    @carlgoring2330@carlgoring233016 күн бұрын
    • Who cares about Britain in government? Nbdy.

      @Simply_Speaking_com@Simply_Speaking_com16 күн бұрын
    • what the ones that have just got of a dinghy

      @darrylrichardson7940@darrylrichardson794016 күн бұрын
    • What about the Brits, fit and well today, who will shortly be needing medical aid if we fail to deter aggressive Putinism?

      @davidwright5094@davidwright509416 күн бұрын
    • @@davidwright5094 Well said thank you

      @lazinareid9454@lazinareid945416 күн бұрын
    • ​@@davidwright5094😂😂😂

      @Robert_90dayfianceUK@Robert_90dayfianceUK16 күн бұрын
  • I'd rather send it all to Russia.

    @mozza0365@mozza036516 күн бұрын
    • Finish this sentence: Because supporting a terrofascist state as it attempts to commit genocide against the Ukrainians…

      @anthonyhulse1248@anthonyhulse124816 күн бұрын
    • Go to ruzzia and fight then, dont Ask what ruzzia can do for you, ask yourself what you can do for ruzzia. You will be welcome.

      @chrillerkiller@chrillerkiller16 күн бұрын
  • 500 million?! Where did that come from?

    @leahleah2185@leahleah218516 күн бұрын
    • THE TAX PAYERS AS PER NORMAL.

      @darrylrichardson7940@darrylrichardson794016 күн бұрын
    • ​@@darrylrichardson7940 the illusion that taxes pay for it 🤡 Did your taxes go up during con vid to pay for the 4 trillion it cost.. Nope just printed it and made it up on a computer..

      @glennbobey6332@glennbobey633216 күн бұрын
    • Not Iran or China for sure. Decent countries. Coming together is a great thing.

      @stringer-ik1pc@stringer-ik1pc16 күн бұрын
    • @@darrylrichardson7940 Should make you proud to contribute.

      @tayler2396@tayler239616 күн бұрын
    • Tory petty cash fund I think.

      @redhedkev1@redhedkev116 күн бұрын
  • What about people battling for a bed in hospitals around this country, my friend was 30 hours on a trolley in a corridor that was being used as a ward.

    @hardlines2635@hardlines263516 күн бұрын
    • If west doesn't help Ukraine you, your friend and everybody we know will be battling more than for a bed. How is it so hard to understand? Letting putin win in Ukraine will be disastrous for Europe.

      @oneshothunter9877@oneshothunter987716 күн бұрын
    • yeh, got plenty of money to fuel wars but none for us. Its interesting, the wars benefit those in power. Keeping it here benefits the country/us. Time for a change?

      @r200ti@r200ti16 күн бұрын
    • Our NHS is being clogged up with chronically unhealthy brown people so blame them.

      @chrissmith2114@chrissmith211416 күн бұрын
    • I woultake that up with Putin, and the people who make reality. Non of this will matter soon.

      @abdell75roussos@abdell75roussos15 күн бұрын
  • Money spent on defence is money well spent.

    @Scaleyback317@Scaleyback31710 күн бұрын
  • 500 million compared to 61 billion pretty pathetic

    @johnwhite4197@johnwhite419715 күн бұрын
  • ONE BIG MASSIVE SC AM

    @misc_channel@misc_channel15 күн бұрын
  • Why are we helping 500 million our country is crumbling this is disgusting

    @goo3665@goo366516 күн бұрын
    • Looks pretty nice to me. Pull yourself together, man!

      @tayler2396@tayler239616 күн бұрын
    • The money is used to create and pay salaries for jobs in UK manufacturing sector to help ukraine

      @nsevv@nsevv16 күн бұрын
    • It's weapons sitting on shelves being sent. Not cash. Get a grip. Weapons sitting on shelves need to be replaced sooner or later any way.

      @nextleveldieting2256@nextleveldieting225616 күн бұрын
    • And if we don't help and Russia wins where next do they go and so on until they are just over the channel ready to take us? Is that what you want

      @tosser1485@tosser148516 күн бұрын
    • 6 th richest.

      @abdell75roussos@abdell75roussos15 күн бұрын
  • Hahaha saying Cameron influenced getting the US aid package passed cause he talked to Trump is delusional; Trump doesnt even remember who Cameron is

    @josephsantos1576@josephsantos157616 күн бұрын
  • This is going to go on for years

    @lcan7390@lcan739015 күн бұрын
    • That depends on how long Russia wishes to remain in occupation of a nieghbouring country's territory. They could just pack up and go home of course.

      @Scaleyback317@Scaleyback31715 күн бұрын
  • sure most people in UK would rather have seen the £500 m being spent on stopping all those illegals who arrive there by boat etc. and then cost ever more from then on while some of the citizens live on the streets

    @sandybrown4957@sandybrown495716 күн бұрын
    • There's no difference between the two: Resisting imperial territorial acquisition ---> Preserving peace and stability ---> Decreasing refugee flows.

      @davidwright5094@davidwright509416 күн бұрын
    • 500 million is just a 24th of the year of hotel bill. They dont appear to understand.

      @abdell75roussos@abdell75roussos15 күн бұрын
  • Why don’t we all agree to go back to swords shields and arrows, why spend so much money to get done what could be done cheaper?

    @nofearofwater@nofearofwater15 күн бұрын
  • How about uk help its own people first

    @umarchoudhary5535@umarchoudhary553515 күн бұрын
  • "Desperate" Ukraine? But I thought they were winning on all fronts, and the Russians had been reduced to using shovels?

    @marekohampton8477@marekohampton847716 күн бұрын
    • C U Next Tuesday

      @lazinareid9454@lazinareid945416 күн бұрын
  • But... it won't help them win... inly opinion is negotiations

    @TheRajmoney@TheRajmoney15 күн бұрын
  • I wonder if folks realise that by supporting Ukraine we're looking after our future. If Ukraine isn't supported, under a dictatorship, which the Tories would like,you wouldn't have any health service or care for citizens.

    @valeriebrice3673@valeriebrice367315 күн бұрын
  • people are starving here in the UK with the cost of living but hey let’s send 500 million to Ukraine 😂

    @Sabrina-ez3rg@Sabrina-ez3rg16 күн бұрын
    • I don't think ignoring invasions of European country's is a good idea.

      @chrisscott7990@chrisscott799016 күн бұрын
    • @@chrisscott7990 Who's invading Europe? Russia isnt going to and it never has. On the other hand, how many times has Europe attacked or invaded Russia? The people who have said Russia is going to invade Europe are proven liars and the same people who told us Russias military has been crushed and its economy destroyed.

      @r200ti@r200ti16 күн бұрын
    • @@chrisscott7990 Yes it is. It's not our war. We left the EU.

      @PowerofRock24@PowerofRock2416 күн бұрын
    • @@PowerofRock24 Allowing a country the hates the UK and Europe to gain control of Ukraine and a considable % of the world's grain supply would be a terrible idea. The Kremlim would love it if we all had your opinion.

      @chrisscott7990@chrisscott799016 күн бұрын
    • 500 million in the form of weapon sitting in storage that our weapons industry gets a boost to replace them is a small price for doing the right thing. Weapons sitting in storage need replacing sooner or later anyway. No cash is being handed over to Ukraine like you probably think it is...

      @megamunch9855@megamunch985516 күн бұрын
  • This had been delayed.....

    @valeriebrice3673@valeriebrice367315 күн бұрын
  • 60b USA will. Maybe close Ukraine night clubs and use there own money?

    @archie69123@archie6912316 күн бұрын
  • Pointless gesture which won't change the outcome but will lead to more dead and wounded.

    @s0ycapitan@s0ycapitan16 күн бұрын
    • explain that. Just stating something doesn't make it true.

      @daydays12@daydays1216 күн бұрын
    • @@daydays12 The US aid package was broken down by an economist who reasoned that out of the 61 billion only about 10 billion of arms was going to be supplied. The rest was balancing the books for weapons already supplied and contracts to refill US stockpiles. Our 500 million is peanuts. The objective of this is try to prevent Ukraine collapsing before the US election. They can't possibly win because the west hasn't got the industrial base required to match the Russians. And in any case they are running out of men.

      @s0ycapitan@s0ycapitan16 күн бұрын
    • @@daydays12 You really are dopey. Try listening to other opinions, not just the 'approved' . You may be a bit more enlightened.

      @cathygee5733@cathygee573316 күн бұрын
    • Those villas in Florida don't pay for themselves, and there's money to be laundered.

      @marekohampton8477@marekohampton847716 күн бұрын
    • @@marekohampton8477 ...and the big guy needs his 10%.

      @s0ycapitan@s0ycapitan16 күн бұрын
  • Let’s see the end of this year. There will be another cash call.

    @Baschn66@Baschn6616 күн бұрын
  • Breaking news!!! Russia's problems = 1% of Ukraine's. Who'd have thought from this well balanced channel 😂

    @Durnyful@Durnyful16 күн бұрын
  • British stay out of war and look after yourself, not wasting money like this its totally mad and waste.

    @JohnTaylor-od5ji@JohnTaylor-od5ji15 күн бұрын
  • Spain and Portugal need to do more. They are not exactly on any frontline.

    @crimeajewel@crimeajewel16 күн бұрын
  • It won’t.

    @de6584@de658416 күн бұрын
  • Thank you.

    @blackterminal@blackterminal16 күн бұрын
  • You all cant still be falling for this propaganda ffs, its embarrassing.

    @BackDaws@BackDaws16 күн бұрын
  • We're in a cost of living crisis and fpll even when working their backsides off are struggling to make ends meet. But the government still finds millions of pounds to fund a war in another country. How about keeping our noses out, looking after our country first. Thst money cokld be better spent on thr NHS and helping poorer folk to get through the finanacial crisis and have a bloody life. Olus, out llr military needs money spent on it. Look after out country first. We're becoming weak as a country and folm know it and that's why theybwant to flock here to abuse our services.

    @ghostdemon7936@ghostdemon793616 күн бұрын
  • Please Forgive Me, I'm not in the Army, unfortunately. I keep hearing of the shortages, I am also continuously seeing inaccurate Artillery supplied, Peppering Every single field with holes, (one could almost jump from one Artillery creater to the other) while video footage shows the INTENDED target or targets, undamaged, either for many many attempts or for the entire barrage. The Trenches, being surround by the incoming enemy must be the most terrifying place on Earth, from the videos shown, more often than not, the only comfort shown, is to keep you head facing downwards, below the surface, arms holding rifle high & spray the tree tops with bullets, then empty all the other magazines handed to you. The trees are audibly heard, to be hit numerous times. I don't know how the stocks of ammunition, have lasted as long as it they have. Please could you help me understand this.... Kind regards...

    @bellasignora2668@bellasignora266816 күн бұрын
  • It would be intresting to campare the aid to Ukraina per capita in the givning country I guess that some smaller countries have given more per capita then th US

    @Scandbro@Scandbro16 күн бұрын
    • Its all over the net, just google it !!

      @luisekjeldsen1515@luisekjeldsen151516 күн бұрын
    • As a fraction of GDP it's the Baltic countries that are leading the way.

      @massimookissed1023@massimookissed102316 күн бұрын
    • I guess countries should spend tax payers money in their own countries.. and stop being stooges for the US

      @briancarno8837@briancarno883716 күн бұрын
    • @@briancarno8837so you don’t believe that there is a world outside your borders.

      @anthonyhulse1248@anthonyhulse124816 күн бұрын
    • @@anthonyhulse1248 There have been many wars in many countries..Iraq,Lybia that the UK has got involved in..Has any of them benefited the people of the UK in any way..?

      @briancarno8837@briancarno883716 күн бұрын
  • The biggest game changing is going to be cooperated R&D between Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic states. These lands are the most motivated to ensure Russia stays in it's box. (pretty sure though we are all now aiming for the disintegration of the Russian federation). NATO should fund R&D/Production in these countries.

    @mmuzzwell3654@mmuzzwell365416 күн бұрын
    • You are absolutely dumb. The Baltic states have a population under 5 million. Ukraine will not exist. Poland is all mouth and no trousers. What R and D can they do ?

      @johnadam2885@johnadam288516 күн бұрын
    • The USA is more likely to disintegrate than the Russian Federation.

      @dalecrocker3213@dalecrocker321316 күн бұрын
    • Who's "we"?

      @dalecrocker3213@dalecrocker321316 күн бұрын
    • Motivated because they have a long history of being under the Russian boot.

      @mitseraffej5812@mitseraffej581216 күн бұрын
    • @@dalecrocker3213 Just glimpsed at your content. So to answer, obviously not you.

      @mmuzzwell3654@mmuzzwell365416 күн бұрын
  • all for the fact that peace could have been had in Turkey in 2022 ..what would have been so bad about that?

    @perfectcaptain@perfectcaptain16 күн бұрын
    • What 'peace' was that? Why in Turkey?

      @daydays12@daydays1216 күн бұрын
    • @@daydays12 You really are ignorant of the current geopolical situation aren't you?.Perfect captain is absolutely right.

      @cathygee5733@cathygee573316 күн бұрын
    • @@cathygee5733 That still did not answer the question ... what "peace"?

      @boink800@boink80016 күн бұрын
  • It’s disgusting that the mi ey is going abroad and not the UK. Help our own first as the UK is a dumping ground right now.

    @trevorroberts2806@trevorroberts280616 күн бұрын
    • You fing people have it so fing good you don;t know what to do with you fing self.

      @lazinareid9454@lazinareid945416 күн бұрын
  • Lots of UK & US taxpayers money were displayed as trophies in Russian exhibition centres. This money will help Russian to open new centres. 😂😂

    @realvoicever@realvoicever15 күн бұрын
  • It won't make any difference for Russia

    @moriumakhter2424@moriumakhter242415 күн бұрын
  • Putin is strong.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    @sarfrazchaudhary4792@sarfrazchaudhary479216 күн бұрын
  • It will make someone money, but not those it should help. UK needs to stop posing, and get heads around the peace table.

    @YUDNSAY@YUDNSAY16 күн бұрын
    • I've noticed that Brits aren't good at surrendering.

      @tayler2396@tayler239616 күн бұрын
    • yeh, the political elite want war with Russia tho so it doesnt matter really. The only saviour is Russia has turned out to be far stronger than they thought, so there is little chance of us getting sent to fight them as theyd wipe the floor with us and the Ruling Elite would then be faced with not only Russia but very angry locals.

      @r200ti@r200ti16 күн бұрын
  • Why? are we "gifting" aid to Ukraine, when the USA is doing it as a loan basis? ....why?

    @perfectcaptain@perfectcaptain16 күн бұрын
    • That's not true. Where DO you get your information?

      @daydays12@daydays1216 күн бұрын
    • @@daydays12 Look it up.

      @YUDNSAY@YUDNSAY16 күн бұрын
    • Maybe the Hedge Fund PM can claim tax on it.

      @helenpauls1496@helenpauls149616 күн бұрын
  • There is no way it can help! It can only prolong the agony of the poor ukranians! Uk should focus its money and effords at home! Where is really needed!

    @ioeieattn1310@ioeieattn131016 күн бұрын
  • NOT OUR WAR!!!

    @Cornz38@Cornz3816 күн бұрын
    • OH YES IT IS

      @anthonyhulse1248@anthonyhulse124816 күн бұрын
    • I every way it is!

      @chrillerkiller@chrillerkiller16 күн бұрын
    • @@anthonyhulse1248 No, it's not. It's America's war, with Russia, using Ukraine as a proxy.

      @Cornz38@Cornz3816 күн бұрын
    • @Cornz38 It's good to hear you Russians washing your hands of your dictator's actions.

      @harshbutfair8993@harshbutfair899316 күн бұрын
    • That's the whole point of the aid so that it does not become our war where our boys have to be involved in on the front to defend NATO allies.

      @nextleveldieting2256@nextleveldieting225616 күн бұрын
  • Lol little britain thinks its still a world power or something, then this help sum 🤣 enough for a day or two, really shows how little it's become indeed.

    @eldorsattorov6033@eldorsattorov603315 күн бұрын
  • This should have been done 3 months ago.

    @timothyburke7226@timothyburke722616 күн бұрын
    • And it would have been finished by now

      @glintongordon6811@glintongordon681116 күн бұрын
    • If only Boris Johnson hadn't gone to Ukraine and told them not to sign a peace treaty, maybe then this could've been brought to an end.

      @trytellingthetruth.2068@trytellingthetruth.206816 күн бұрын
    • 7 months ago!

      @daydays12@daydays1216 күн бұрын
    • @@trytellingthetruth.2068 Would you give up parts of our country, and allow russia to deside who and who you can or cannot deal with ??

      @luisekjeldsen1515@luisekjeldsen151516 күн бұрын
    • @@luisekjeldsen1515 If part of our country originally belonged to another country and after a referendum those living in that part of our country decided they wanted to return to being part of that other country, then yes, I would recommend our former citizens leave. I have no idea what you are talking about, Russia decides who you can or cannot deal with.

      @trytellingthetruth.2068@trytellingthetruth.206816 күн бұрын
  • 500 milliom come from???

    @sarfrazchaudhary4792@sarfrazchaudhary479216 күн бұрын
    • Left wing says UK is 6th richest nation. 500 million is not much. just half a billion, and you spend 12 billion a year on....

      @abdell75roussos@abdell75roussos15 күн бұрын
  • Sunak must have a stake in arms manufacturers

    @lordsway7190@lordsway719015 күн бұрын
  • Decent compassionate😂😂😂remember what you did during war in south africa?. The war is over, get it?. 550 K ukr dead. The west, nato and america lost the war in ukr. Is patriot best you can do?. After the saudi oil fields attacks, patriot achieved nothing. After that, mike pompeio said they know patriot is useless, but dont stop buying it😂😂😂

    @AndreOosthuizen-yc6si@AndreOosthuizen-yc6si16 күн бұрын
    • But ... but ... but Russia 1 tv told us that Russia would win in just three days. It's over two years later. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

      @boink800@boink80016 күн бұрын
  • Never take $61 billion to a shovel fight.

    @teddykaanga6888@teddykaanga688816 күн бұрын
    • Incomprehensible 😞

      @daydays12@daydays1216 күн бұрын
    • ​@@daydays12Non of any form the 61bl will save you from the Russian shovels in the fight.

      @alexanderlazarev3570@alexanderlazarev357016 күн бұрын
    • @@alexanderlazarev3570 80% of Ukraine is under the control of Ukrainians in this 3-day war.

      @tayler2396@tayler239616 күн бұрын
  • Let's hope Russia don't see this as a declaration of war

    @13woolley@13woolley16 күн бұрын
    • So what?! No one gives a damn.

      @emanuelb3456@emanuelb345616 күн бұрын
    • ​@@emanuelb3456you do, warmonger

      @Beyond_Belief534@Beyond_Belief53416 күн бұрын
    • You mean we would have crossed a russian red line 🤣 We cross the as we please !!

      @luisekjeldsen1515@luisekjeldsen151516 күн бұрын
    • DONT WORRY THE MUSLIMS WILL STICK UP FOR ENGLAND

      @darrylrichardson7940@darrylrichardson794016 күн бұрын
    • Ruzzia doesn’t care. They have their agenda and they are going to destroy Ukraine and next the Baltics. They need to be stopped now

      @anthonyhulse1248@anthonyhulse124816 күн бұрын
  • wasn’t he supposed to have died about a year ago from the ‘caNcER’ you told everyone he had ? 😂

    @lw1zfog@lw1zfog16 күн бұрын
  • 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 500 mil, really? 😅😅😅

    @StPiter111@StPiter11116 күн бұрын
  • Given the success of Russia, I think UK should send shovels to Ukraine so they are on equal footing.

    @albertmockel6245@albertmockel624515 күн бұрын
  • That ‘£500M’ aid package will get blown up in one go with Russia’s FAB-3000.

    @MrJonathanainsworth@MrJonathanainsworth16 күн бұрын
    • Plenty of money for Mrs Zelensky to stock up her wardrobe London New York Paris Milan etc.

      @gwenpaxton1802@gwenpaxton180216 күн бұрын
    • @@gwenpaxton1802 Just how much hate is generated from the Internet Research Agency?

      @boink800@boink80016 күн бұрын
  • Slava Ukraini! Heroiam slava!

    @hermeticxhaote4723@hermeticxhaote472316 күн бұрын
    • Banderite tropes for Notsee dopes

      @lw1zfog@lw1zfog16 күн бұрын
    • Russia 🇷🇺 forever

      @mtomlin666@mtomlin66616 күн бұрын
  • Short term ain't good enough.

    @Mrc172@Mrc17216 күн бұрын
  • Again a united Europe is stronger a d the UK needs them as much as they need 7us😊

    @colinbrigham8253@colinbrigham825316 күн бұрын
  • Lets see what Labour do for Ukraine

    @user-yb6eo1xp2f@user-yb6eo1xp2f16 күн бұрын
    • They will do the same.

      @alexanderlazarev3570@alexanderlazarev357016 күн бұрын
    • the same...they are all cut from the same cloth

      @briancarno8837@briancarno883716 күн бұрын
    • @@briancarno8837 same feather birds.

      @alexanderlazarev3570@alexanderlazarev357016 күн бұрын
  • UK should be following Macron's stance and realising putin will have to be stopped now, not allowing him opportunity to rebuild his forces.

    @danieljames2015@danieljames201516 күн бұрын
    • You go fight

      @rizwaankhan8403@rizwaankhan840316 күн бұрын
    • Off you go fool.

      @rufuscollis303@rufuscollis30316 күн бұрын
    • Makron needs to send a bit more than 9% of what the UK is sending

      @gordonmac3616@gordonmac361616 күн бұрын
    • your idiotic

      @frankrenda2519@frankrenda251916 күн бұрын
    • Would love to see British trops facing Russians, Oh boy that would be a ride for them.

      @srve1149@srve114916 күн бұрын
  • Slava Ukraine ❤❤❤.

    @tonylyons7711@tonylyons771115 күн бұрын
  • forget tanks, drones' drones and more drones , 155 mm artillery shells. and f16 aircrafts....

    @stuchambers297@stuchambers29716 күн бұрын
    • Aircraft is singular and plural, also no need for "..." it assumes you will continue your sentence.

      @inabsentia439@inabsentia43916 күн бұрын
  • We need the money to spend on our nhs not on a usa proxy war we dont agree with this at all

    @goonerboz6023@goonerboz602316 күн бұрын
    • Fool

      @fimenduro@fimenduro16 күн бұрын
    • absolutely but these silly coach potatoes have no understanding of war, politics or history and are happy to lap up this propaganda nonsense that US bought media churns out for them like prozac.

      @boxingforselfdefence7620@boxingforselfdefence762016 күн бұрын
    • Who is "we"?

      @markharris3167@markharris316716 күн бұрын
    • @@markharris3167 most citizens in the world

      @goonerboz6023@goonerboz602316 күн бұрын
    • @@fimenduro it's not foolish spending money on our nhs its collapsing and being sold to usa health insurance corporations

      @goonerboz6023@goonerboz602316 күн бұрын
  • DON'T WORRY WORLD NO.1 ARMY & COMMANDO.

    @SaifulIslam-gx8yd@SaifulIslam-gx8yd16 күн бұрын
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