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That Ukraine is taking frontline needed anti-drone resources to protect 3rd parties in a war it is not involved in?

What part of their comment seems unrelated?

Ukraine has unutilised domestic production capacity. They can turn the good money the Gulf states will be paying for the drones into more drones for the frontlines.

It is the 430 people that could be defending Ukraine.

When people say ”time is money”, there is usually an amount of money that makes you go ”… but then again a lot of money is also money” and give up some time in exchange for that money.

Wartime resources are similar, in the sense that they’re at least partially fungible. Maybe the amount of money the Gulf states are willing to pay for borrowing those people buys you a lot of the other stuff.

It got involved because it was Iran who supplied Shahed drones to Russia and Russia in turn supplies upgraded drones and other weapons to Iran. Pressure on Iran means to pressure on Russia and the reverse is also true.

https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/2033982485583818789

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