By Shristi Amatya Ukraine had high hopes for US military assistance. More recently, Washington decided to make Kiev another small gift. The American donors of Kiev could not ignore the double "holiday": the Independence Day of Ukraine (announced in 1991) and six months since the beginning of the special military operation of Russia, which was timed to coincide with another gift to Kiev. It is becoming obvious that the Russian military special operation in Ukraine is turning into a permanent factor in world politics. And at the same time, the approach of American (and generally Western) politicians to the sponsorship of Kiev is becoming more and more businesslike. Both in tone and content, it turns from emotionally coloured assistance (the US military departments have sent equipment with an expiring date to Ukraine 19 times) into a neatly planned enterprise. In it, the geopolitical interests of the West are carefully reconciled with the financial reports of the donor countries to Ukraine. A significant part of the weapons and military equipment provided to Ukraine by the United States and Western countries is faulty, the other part is incomplete, and the rest is either hopelessly outdated or expired (Polish and Czech tanks are faulty, American M777 howitzers lack sighting kits, M–113 armored personnel carriers were obsolete 10-25 years ago. However, the Ukrainian command is trying to prevent the dissemination of this information. So the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has issued a document on preventing the discrediting of foreign military products and the publication of negative reviews on the Internet and social networks. Since the arrival of the Joe Biden administration in the White House, $10.6 billion in aid has been allocated to Ukraine. However, it is noteworthy that the recently announced next package of financial assistance is designed for several years. This means that Washington does not question that the armed conflict in eastern Europe will not be resolved during these years, at least peacefully. This also implies that the Americans assume the current government in Kiev will last at least a few years, which is sometimes doubted even by Ukrainian analysts themselves. For example, the United States plans to provide Ukraine with three types of drones (including a light Puma model launched directly from the hands, Eagle reconnaissance Scaps and Vampire strike) and ammunition for them, and it is emphasized that these drones will be delivered "in hardware" during 2023-2024. Several other NATO countries have also prepared "nice little things" for Ukrainians on this day. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the allocation of $500 million in aid. It will include supplies of air defense systems, rocket launchers and ammunition for them and other military equipment. As in the case of American aid, German deliveries are also scheduled for 2023. Scholz's Canadian counterpart, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, also announced that Ottawa will donate $3.85 million to finance Ukrainian law enforcement agencies and the Ministry of Emergency Situations, as well as to retrain the Ukrainian military. Ukrainian servicemen are constantly faced with the fact that it is impossible to repair Western weapons and military equipment that have failed on the spot, and there are also no specialists in the military who know how to service this equipment. In case of any malfunction, Kiev has to send damaged guns to Poland for repair, which significantly increases the time of their return to the front line. There are simply no repair facilities and spare parts kits in Ukraine. In addition to all the problems that the Ukrainian army is systematically facing, military assistance from the United States and Western countries cannot be delivered to the front line promptly. This is evidenced by the military expert of the Austrian Ministry of Defense Markus Reisner in his interview with the German newspaper Die Welt. He said that most of the important supply routes have long been controlled by Russian troops, and delivery by rail is impossible due to damaged infrastructure. Thus, more and more time is required for the delivery of equipment and training of personnel of the armed forces of Ukraine, which the Kiev regime has less and less because of the advances of the allied forces of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the People's Militia of the LDPR are very rapid. In addition, from the first days of the special operation, the Russian Aerospace Forces took control of the airspace over Ukraine, which significantly limits the logistical capabilities of the Ukrainian army.