“The Pentagon plans to use the remaining funds from the package of military aid to Ukraine as soon as possible December 20, 02:20 Share: The Pentagon (Photo: defense.gov) Pentagon spokesman General Patrick Ryder said that the US Department of Defense seeks to use the remaining $6.7 billion as efficiently as possible. from a large-scale aid package to Ukraine and promptly deliver weapons to the Ukrainian military. This is reported by Ukrinform. “I would say that we aim to spend as much as possible from it”, — write on: ua.news
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Pentagon spokesman General Patrick Ryder said that the US Department of Defense aims to use the balance of $6.7 billion from the large-scale aid package to Ukraine as efficiently as possible and promptly deliver weapons to the Ukrainian military.
This is reported by Ukrinform.
“I would say that we are aiming to spend as much of it as possible to provide security assistance to Ukraine as soon as possible,” Ryder said when asked if the Pentagon would have time to use all the remaining funds to support Ukraine before the end of the term of the current White House administration. .
The Pentagon spokesman also noted that he would clarify later whether a potential shutdown in the US could affect the delivery of aid, and assured that the US Department of Defense would report on the course of events.
US military aid to Ukraine at the end of Biden’s term
On November 8, the Pentagon announced that they plan to use all available funds for Ukraine support programs until the end of Joe Biden’s presidential term. It is about 6 billion dollars.
On November 26, The Washington Post newspaper reported that Biden is trying to strengthen the position of Ukraine before the newly elected leader of the country, Donald Trump, takes office.
It noted that Biden’s recent decisions to allow Ukraine to launch missile strikes deep into Russian territory with American weapons and provide anti-personnel mines “were dictated by a harsh new reality” that could put it (Ukraine — ed.) in the weakest position for almost three years of the great war.
On November 27, Biden proposed that Congress approve additional funding in the amount of $24 billion to increase aid to Ukraine.
On the same day, the WSJ reported that the Biden administration does not have enough time to use the billions of dollars that lawmakers allocated for arming Ukraine. According to the publication, the Pentagon has reached the limit that it can transfer to Ukraine every month without harming its own combat capabilities and is facing “logistical difficulties” in delivering weapons to Ukrainian forces.
According to the NYT, the administration of current US President Joe Biden is unlikely to spend all of the $5.6 billion that Congress allocated for military aid to Ukraine before Trump’s arrival.