Which is why the full list of the $15bn+ in aid being sent to Ukraine by the U.S. government is likely to hit harder in the solar plexus.

According to the U.S. Department of Defense, there has been a whopping $15.8 billion “in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden Administration, including more than $15.1 billion since the beginning of Russia’s unprovoked and brutal invasion on February 24.”

Here’s a list of all your taxpayer-funded equipment that has been dumped into the most corrupt country in Europe:

• Over 1,400 Stinger anti-aircraft systems;

• Over 8,500 Javelin anti-armor systems;

• Over 32,000 other anti-armor systems;


• Over 700 Switchblade Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems;


• 126 155mm Howitzers and up to 806,000 155mm artillery rounds

• 2,000 precision-guided 155mm artillery rounds;


• 20 105mm Howitzers and 180,000 105mm artillery rounds;


• 126 Tactical Vehicles to tow 155mm Howitzers;


• 22 Tactical Vehicles to recover equipment;


• 16 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and ammunition;

• High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs);


• 20 Mi-17 helicopters;

• Hundreds of Armored High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs);

• Four trucks and eight trailers to transport heavy equipment;


• 200 M113 Armored Personnel Carriers;

• 40 MaxxPro Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles with mine rollers

• Mine clearing equipment and systems;


• Over 10,000 grenade launchers and small arms;


• Over 60,000,000 rounds of small arms ammunition;


• Over 75,000 sets of body armor and helmets;


• Approximately 700 Phoenix Ghost Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems;

• Laser-guided rocket systems;


• Puma Unmanned Aerial Systems;

• 15 Scan Eagle Unmanned Aerial Systems

• Unmanned Coastal Defense Vessels;


• Over 50 counter-artillery radars;


• Four counter-mortar radars;


• Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems;


• Ten air surveillance radars;


• Two harpoon coastal defense systems;


• 18 coastal and riverine patrol boats;


• M18A1 Claymore anti-personnel munitions;


• C-4 explosives, demolition munitions, and demolition equipment for obstacle clearing;


• Tactical secure communications systems;


• Thousands of night vision devices, thermal imagery systems, optics, and laser rangefinders;


• Commercial satellite imagery services;


• Explosive ordnance disposal protective gear;


• Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear protective equipment;


• 100 armored medical treatment vehicles;


• Medical supplies to include first aid kits, bandages, monitors, and other equipment;


• Electronic jamming equipment;


• Field equipment, cold weather gear, and spare parts;


• Funding for training, maintenance, and sustainment.

That’s… a lot of stuff. And just like in Afghanistan, there’s no mention of what happens to all this stuff after the war is over, assuming any of it still exists.