I bet the Ukranians get pretty excited at the prospect of one of those Humvees arriving so they can tear it apart instead of driving it. That'll put the fear of God into the Russkies
U.S. sending 30-year-old, obsolete equipment to Ukraine military
You know he doesn't like to upset Vladimir. That's why he welched on the U.S. commitment to install missile defense systems in Poland and the Czech Republic. That's why he whispered to Dmitri Medvedev that he could be more flexible as soon as he got past that dumb election.
Ukraine is a tricky question, though, for Barack Obama. The world expects him to do something about the Russian incursion, but you know Obama. He absolutely does not want to do anything, nor does he particularly care if Russia methodically reconstitutes the old Soviet Union. But sometimes it's the path of least political resistance to try to look like you're doing something.