Europe sends MASSIVE aid packages to secure Ukraine through the Starlink outage

Today there is amazing news from Ukraine. After the US administration put a major restriction on Ukraine's ability to defend itself through Starlink, Ukraine's allies turned up in massive numbers to provide as much assistance as they can. Assistance numbering in the billions of euros is now flooding into Ukraine, along with new undisclosed weapon systems that begs the question of what Europe has sent next. The need for this aid could not be more urgent, as currently the US administration has imposed a 100 mile or 160 km per hour speed restriction on Starlink connections throughout Ukraine.

This completely undermines Ukraine's ability to defend itself against conventional and jet-powered Shekhet drones, as Ukraine's interceptor drones need to keep up with speeds exceeding 400 to 700 km an hour to intercept them. Subsequently, Ukraine has been victim to a continuous barrage of these Russian drones over the past days, resulting in air raid alerts sounding almost continuously and close to 400 civilian casualties in only four days.

Fortunately for Ukraine, European allies have stepped up and provided Ukrainians with extremely urgent air defense aid to protect the skies against Russian strikes. Currently, the United Kingdom has sent Ukraine an unknown quantity of lightweight multi-role missiles, most likely the short-range missiles that Ukraine uses to intercept fast-moving targets like cruise missiles and jet-powered Shekhet.

Poland has also provided Ukraine with confidential assistance to protect against Russian air strikes. Donald Tusk added that he wanted to assure Ukraine and Ukrainians that they are not alone and could count on Poland and the EU. France is similarly organizing a new massive package of air defense aid to send to Ukraine as soon as possible, but is keeping the quantity and type of systems it will send a complete secret.

Additionally, France has just completed their site of the Freya European anti-ballistic missile system development and has transferred all the promised production licenses to Ukraine, which will enter factories shortly. During Zelensky's visit to Belgium as well, Ukraine was given a large ammunition package for the F-16s in service. These jet fighters have proven to be crucial in the interception of fast-moving Russian strike weapons, particularly the jet-powered Shekhet drones.

Additionally, Belgium will deliver more of its F-16 fleet to Ukraine by the end of the year, with the transfer of such systems being a more significant undertaking. The European Union as a whole also organized its next massive trench of aid to Ukraine, with over 2.86 billion euros dedicated to the procurement of air defense and missiles for Ukraine.

This follows another massive trench of nearly 1.2 billion euros dedicated to the domestic Ukrainian production of interceptor drones and missiles the week before. Earlier this month as well, Germany has provided Ukraine with a full IRST air defense battery. They have also dedicated over a billion euros' worth of funding for the production of thousands of missiles for the IRST air defense system, as well as for the production of interceptor drones capable of downing jet-powered Shekhet drones. Finally, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain have provided additional Patriot interceptor missiles, experimental anti-drone missiles capable of taking down jet-powered Shekhet drones alongside other air defense and F-16 ammunition packages.

Overall, Europe's quick response in stepping up to aid Ukraine, now that the situation has taken a turn for the worse, is important. Much of the aid that has been sent is undisclosed, giving Russia zero ability to anticipate Ukraine's defenses and adjust its strike strategy accordingly. Czech President Andrzej Babis stated that pursuing peace does not mean accepting Russian ideas, and Trump has let them down by doing business with behind their backs, so they have to do something.

Europe has no equivalent to the military use of Starlink that can be deployed quickly at scale to Ukraine, also lacking early warning capabilities to ballistic and long-range strike launches. However, Europe is sending what it can, and is currently scaling up what it cannot yet provide, giving a promising forecast for future support for Ukraine against the Russian invasion and terrorist strikes. Did you know that you are missing half of our videos on YouTube? Every day we release exclusive tactical videos breaking down the latest battlefield developments, strategic updates explaining what could happen next, and geopolitical videos connecting every event to the bigger global picture.

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