“The Memorandum of the Pentagon Deputy Head of Elbidge Kolby Policy, which in July suspended military assistance to Ukraine, contains a provision that gives the United States the right to leave part of the weapons of weapons.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “European Truth” with reference to CNN’s TV channel
Details: Four CNN sources, which are familiar with the flask memorandum, reported that one of its provisions allows the Pentagon to return to the US inventories weapons made for Ukraine within the limits of Ukraine’s security assistance initiative (USAI).
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The USAI program, created in 2016, has traditionally provided Ukraine with stable weapons supply by ordering it from American manufacturers.
Last week, the US Senate Committee approved $ 800 million on USAI within the annual Pentagon budget known as the national defense allocation law.
“The Memorandum gives the Ministry of Defense the power to pick up a weapon that has already been reserved for Ukraine. It seems to undermine that, according to the President, the United States is doing to give Ukraine what it needs,” CNN said CNN.
In the Memorandum, Elbridge Kolby also divides the US weapons into three categories – “red”, “yellow” and “green”. The first two categories indicate the shortage and the need for additional approval for departure abroad; It is, among other things, about Patriot-interceptors, CNN writes.
The interlocutors of the TV channel believe that the position of the Elbidge Holby Memorandum on USAI, apparently, has not been involved.
Prehistory:
- In early July, US Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegset, suspended a large batch of weapons supplies to Ukraine. Shortly thereafter, US President Donald Trump canceled Hegset’s decision and promised to continue supplying defense weapons to Ukraine.
- Trump also announced a NATO agreement to provide Ukraine with additional weapons worth billions of dollars made by the United States but paid by European allies.