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Greg Boeser said:
I believe a large consignment of spare parts arrived, allowing the UAF to put a large number of their grounded aircraft back in service.
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I see, but I'm referring to the Polish MiG-29s that were planned to go to Ukraine via the US base in Germany.

Scholz says Germany won't provide fighter jets to Ukraine – DW – 03/09/2022

Germany and the US have both said sending Polish MiG fighters to Ukraine would be an escalatory step. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has pleaded with NATO to provide more firepower.
www.dw.com

Did these MiGs ever make it to Ukraine?
 
Denniss said:
Source may be somewhat biased so let's see if western media has something to report/confirm
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Thank you for setting a good example. Together we can avoid falling for propaganda from all sides.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/brit...w-to-avoid-spreading-misinformation-1.6366136
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That said, I hope the Ukrainians have scored another maritime success. If only they had a couple of Kilo or other SSKs. There's some submarine chatter....

Ukraine likely to get submarines from Germany | Free Press Kashmir

Berlin might provide Kiev with submarines, the Ukrainian parliament’s chairman, Ruslan Stefanchuk, revealed during a visit to Germany amid the ongoing Russian military operation in his country, international media reported. Speaking ahead of a meeting with German Defense Minister Christine...
freepresskashmir.news

Bulgaria negotiating purchase of two submarines amid Ukraine crisis

www.euractiv.com
 
This looks to be the source of that smoke:

Damaged Russian ship spotted in Sevastopol media

UKRAINSKA PRAVDA - FRIDAY, 5 AUGUST 2022, 16:07 In the morning of 5 August a partly burned ship belonging to the Black Sea Fleet entered a bay in occupied Sevastopol. Source: Radio Svoboda's "Krym.
news.yahoo.com

Edited to clear Google's referral.
Not sure how it got in the URL, as I was directly on news.yahoo's website.
 
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How will they get through the Bosporus? I'm pretty sure the Montreux Accord bans warships from active warring parties transiting the Straits.
 
Thumpalumpacus said:
How will they get through the Bosporus? I'm pretty sure the Montreux Accord bans warships from active warring parties transiting the Straits.
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My bad, I was thinking once this war is over. The Turks have banned ALL warships, so even the Bulgarian's plan to buy new German subs will need to wait.

It will be very interesting to see what Ukraine's military looks like by 2032. I imagine the old Soviet-era and much of the hodgepodge of NATO kit will have been replaced by more a more uniform, standardized and streamlined army and air force, along with a new navy fielding at least a pair of AIP SSKs. On the opposite side, god only knows what the Russian military will look like by 2032 - likely still fielding whatever T-72s surived the 2022-28? war with Ukraine.
 
I'm a big fan of our troops, but really, what gaps in UAF abilities or knowledge is Canada able to fill?

Canadian troops heading to U.K. to train Ukrainian forces

Canada is sending military trainers to the United Kingdom to help teach Ukrainians how to fight invading Russian forces. Defence Minister Anita Anand announced the plan on Thursday, saying up to 225 Canadian Armed Forces members will eventually be based in Britain for an initial period of four...
www.ctvnews.ca

After decades of neglect of the CAF, we don't have any modern kit that if donated would be overly difficult for the UAF to use. One thing we do have is more than a million ethnic Ukrainian-Canadians, like my wife whose grandparents emigrated here between the wars. So we likely have at least a few hundred fluently Ukrainian speaking soldiers to choose a training contingent from.

Canada's UkrainIans are big supporters.

Entire Ukrainian Battalion Formed By 550 Canadian Freedom Soldiers

According to a publication called The National Post, “So many citizens of Canada have shown up in Ukraine to fight for the country’s new foreign legion, the organization has set up a separate Canadian battalion, says a Ukrainian government source.” That battalion, which is based in the Ukrainian...
bipartisanreport.com
 
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