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The trust barrier for holding onto nuclear weapons is much higher than the trust barrier for artillery. Ukraine has a history of corruption and bribery issues. The current regime seems fine but 20 years from now?


For most of the war only about 30-40% of the arms we sent actually made it to the war effort. The rest appears to have been sold off to the black market. That doesn't seem fine to me.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-military-aid-weapons-fr...

>Back in April, he estimated that just "30-40%" of the supplies coming across the border reached its final destination. But he says the situation has significantly improved since then and a much larger quantity now gets where it's supposed to go.


Both your statement and your quote are misleading.

That estimate is from Jonas Ohman, a CEO of a Lithuanian charity, and it's estimate from back in April. That is not a figure with any authority.

Also,

> Ohman relies largely on unofficial channels to deliver his supplies


> Ohman relies largely on unofficial channels to deliver his supplies

And this statement is supposed to mean what? That actual deliveries are higher than 30-40%? It's just a guess at this point for how many weapons actually reach Ukrainians who are actually fighting.


If you deliver supplies via the black market, then yes you are going to lose more supplies to the black market.




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