“Stingy great power” now generous: France is sending hundreds of armored personnel carriers to Ukraine. France is putting together an XXL package; and in the USA, aid to Ukraine is under attack from the far right.

Meanwhile, Ukraine is preparing to refire the barrels of its howitzers. That starts with repairing dozens of mostly US-supplied M-777s - something the Ukrainians can do in Ukraine and with Ukrainian parts. On the other hand, some Western tanks have to be towed outside the country.