Dear American Mobilism members,
Three months have passed since further aid to Ukraine has stalled in US Congress. As of 2024, no further military aid is being provided by the US to Ukraine. In light of this I'd like to summarize three key arguments for continuing to support Ukraine:
1. Ukraine is in a fight for its freedom, independence and existence. Ukraine has already liberated over half of the territory captured by Russia since the start of the war. There is no support within Ukraine for a ceasefire with Russia; doing so would condemn Ukrainians on occupied territory to rape, torture and deportation, while rewarding tyrants around the world and signaling that Western resolve is weak. We intend to keep fighting.
2. US aid overwhelmingly consists of weapons from American stocks. Almost 90% of the funds allocated for supporting Ukraine are then spent with US manufacturers for replenishing American stocks. The total of this amount is approximately 5% of America's annual defense budget. Without additional funding from Congress to replenish American stocks for weapons sent to Ukraine, there will be no more military aid to Ukraine.
3. Europe has provided more aid to Ukraine than the US. The narrative that Europe is not doing enough is false. However, Europe alone does not have sufficient weaponry, while Russia has placed a huge portion of its economy on war footing and is being supplied with weapons by China, Iran and North Korea.
On 2/13/24, the Senate finally passed H.R. 815, a bill to continue providing aid to Ukraine. The bill now has to be passed by the House of Representatives. Please take a couple minutes to reach out to your Representative and urge them to support passing it: https://www.actionforukraine.org/usa3
A close to home example of how Russia's invasion has touched even Mobilism: the wife of the programmer who made Mobilism's app was killed by an Iranian-made Shahed drone. The drone hit their apartment in Kyiv in the middle of the night, timed to maximize casualties.
Three months have passed since further aid to Ukraine has stalled in US Congress. As of 2024, no further military aid is being provided by the US to Ukraine. In light of this I'd like to summarize three key arguments for continuing to support Ukraine:
1. Ukraine is in a fight for its freedom, independence and existence. Ukraine has already liberated over half of the territory captured by Russia since the start of the war. There is no support within Ukraine for a ceasefire with Russia; doing so would condemn Ukrainians on occupied territory to rape, torture and deportation, while rewarding tyrants around the world and signaling that Western resolve is weak. We intend to keep fighting.
2. US aid overwhelmingly consists of weapons from American stocks. Almost 90% of the funds allocated for supporting Ukraine are then spent with US manufacturers for replenishing American stocks. The total of this amount is approximately 5% of America's annual defense budget. Without additional funding from Congress to replenish American stocks for weapons sent to Ukraine, there will be no more military aid to Ukraine.
3. Europe has provided more aid to Ukraine than the US. The narrative that Europe is not doing enough is false. However, Europe alone does not have sufficient weaponry, while Russia has placed a huge portion of its economy on war footing and is being supplied with weapons by China, Iran and North Korea.
On 2/13/24, the Senate finally passed H.R. 815, a bill to continue providing aid to Ukraine. The bill now has to be passed by the House of Representatives. Please take a couple minutes to reach out to your Representative and urge them to support passing it: https://www.actionforukraine.org/usa3
A close to home example of how Russia's invasion has touched even Mobilism: the wife of the programmer who made Mobilism's app was killed by an Iranian-made Shahed drone. The drone hit their apartment in Kyiv in the middle of the night, timed to maximize casualties.