MOSCOW — The United States has delivered 50 ventilators to Russia as part of a $5.6 million humanitarian donation to help the country cope with the pandemic.
The U.S. Embassy said the first shipment of U.S.-manufactured breathing machines arrived in Moscow on Thursday, and another 150 will follow next week.
U.S. Ambassador John Sullivan emphasized that “particularly in times of crises we must work together,” adding “we must set aside policy differences and focus on the needs of our people.”
Russia has reported more than 317,000 infections and more than 3,000 deaths. Officials have scrambled to secure ventilators and other essential supplies as COVID-19 spread.
Russia sent a planeload of medical supplies, including ventilators, to the U.S. last month. Russia’s state investment fund said this week it has fully funded the delivery.
I can’t help it. This just feels a little gross.
Just 50? Were there stolen mail ballots stuffed in the boxes? Were there really ventilators in those boxes? Payments from Kushner to his overlords? This doesn’t pass the smell test.
This virus is spreading faster than GRU malware in Florida voting machines.
Just an observation but the USA, Russia and Brazil are the top three countries for cases of COVID-19. Each of these countries is led by someone who denied and diminished the seriousness of the pandemic in its early stages.
It’s really disturbing to me that this tangerine tyrant has so corrupted my government that I can’t look at humanitarian aid without skepticism. Back when we more-or-less agreed as a nation that Russia was a bad actor in the world and resistance to their global scheming was The Right Thing To Do, I would see this as “okay, don’t blame the Russian people for the actions of their corrupt government.”
Now that my own government (the administration, at least, and a good portion of Congress as well) is corrupt and seemingly aligned with Russia at every juncture? My eye, it is jaundiced…