On Thursday, President Biden asked Congress for an additional $33 billion for military, economic, and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine as the US is preparing to back Kyiv in its war against Moscow for the long term.
According to the White House, the massive request includes $20.4 billion in military aid, $8.5 billion in economic aid, and $3 billion in humanitarian assistance. The funds are meant to last through the 2022 fiscal year, which ends on September 30.
The military aid will mostly be for Ukraine, but some will go towards arming the US’s Eastern European allies. The White House said the aid will keep “additional artillery, armored vehicles, anti-armor and anti-air capabilities flowing into Ukraine uninterrupted.”
In March, Biden signed a spending bill into law that included $13.6 billion in the military and economic aid for Ukraine, but that amount has almost been exhausted. Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, the US has sent about $3.7 billion worth of weapons into the war zone.
The massive $33 billion request signals that the US doesn’t expect the war to end anytime soon. Biden said that the new aid package “begins the transition to longer-term security assistance.”
On Tuesday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin led a 40-nation conference in Germany on arming Ukraine, where the US and its allies pledged to increase aid. Austin pledged that the US would keep moving “heaven and earth” to get weapons into Ukraine. Austin also said this week that one of the US goals in Ukraine is to see a “weakened” Russia.
joe b. how about aid for Amerikas?
Who?? Biden and Congress are taking us on an express elevator ride to hell. All this B.S. ends when the first wave of nukes hits the USA or all our carrier battle groups are wiped out in 24 hours, and all the DC Ghoul CockAroaches run to their luxury bunkers. I would hate to be them when they slither out…
Americans also are largely united in their support for strict economic sanctions on Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine. An overwhelming majority of the public (85%) – including similar shares of Republicans (85%) and Democrats (88%) – favors maintaining strict economic sanctions.
Apparently there are a lot of outcasts on this forum, I guess this is the only place you dare to vent your bizarre opinions…
90% supported the war in Iraq as well. But most here were aware the WMD claim was fraudulent.
I’m sure you were, good for you.
This time around it’s not about some hidden WMD though, it’s about a crazy dictator who decided to attack a neighbouring innocent country.
Can’t be any more clear cut than that!
Ha ha ha ha oooh the crazy dictator … the boogieman …
Pay no attention to the billions of your handed over to our masters … run around scared like good little sheep.
Go out and protest on the streets then, if you dare. Haha, you coward.
Yeah, meanwhile you hide under you blanket … the boogieman is coming to getcha …
Make you tiny voice heard, come on Russki lover, haha.
Don, U are mistaken,get educated for your own good. 🙂
The WMD weren’t “hidden”, they didn’t exist. .
Likely you believed what “your betters” and benevolent overseers told you then. Wash, rinse and repeat.
You still don’t get it, do you?
This isn’t about some WMD, it’s about naked Russian aggression, rape and executions of innocent civilians. Not to mention the war itself. The war-crimes will probably be on par with Germany during WW2.
Some 13,000 people in the Donbas. It wasn’t Russia that did that. It was your glorious Ukrainian regime. Along with the torture, murder and rape.
At least for morons like yourself. Suddenly Russia’s reasons for invading no longer exist in that neocon mind of yours.
So true! 🙂
Don, I will “vent” anywhere including six inches from your face if given the opportunity. When the nukes hit or the carrier groups are destroyed, or the dollar is no longer the reserve currency, reality will all of a sudden hit home with a vengeance, then see all the whining, tears, and anguish.
And will you be happy when the nukes hit?
Would an impending Russian defeat in Ukraine justify a nuclear first strike?
What do you think? What I know is the blame for this debacle, as usual, lands squarely in the laps of the DC Ghouls and NATO. Will they be happy when the nukes hit and they hide in their luxury bunkers. Will the people cheer them on? 🙁
Haha, you are very cocky on this forum.
Go out on the streets then and protest, you coward.
Try harder Boi’! 🙂
The economic impact hasn’t begun to hit Americans hard enough thus far to feel any real pain. That will change and so will the polls. The polls are also so one-sided because of the most intense propaganda barrage in the history of man. You bought it hook, line and sinker so those numbers aren’t surprising.
Don’t believe the polls. And I for one. Am against any military aid going to Ukraine. This War started because the US wanted a War with Russia.
Haha, comrade, I’m sorry but it’s as clear cut as it ever can be.
The House just passed the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act, introduced by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, by a 417-10 vote!
Politicians are very good at channeling the opinions of their voters.
Politicians are good at doing the bidding of their donors. The voters don’t count.
More truth, and when it come to the MIC, they bring out the knee pads! 🙂 They are all trash!
Well said Ron!!!
All of this business really fries my bacon, it makes me so dang mad!
After Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Serbia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria our nation has finally discovered a war it fully and uninhibitedly likes. When I look at where these nations are located I understand. My understanding tells me that we are still racists.
We are trying to destroy Russia. We HAVE evolved.
Dieter, make one wonder, I bet they do not even realize it……Hypocrisy on a grand scale. 🙁
Just wait by the bunker gate if u mange to survive and then eat them.
“eat them” will not be what people will have in mind. 🙂
This is part of the infrastructure bill. Ukraine’s.
Yes, a lot of countries will help rebuild the country and all that the russkies destroyed, once they have been defeated.
Idiotic … just like “a lot of countries” helped rebuild Afghanistan after they beat the Soviets, right? Oh, I guess they didn’t, did they? Once the utility was used up and the geopolitical point made, they abandoned the Afghans, no?
Just watch this space … Ukraine, if it’s rebuilt, will be rebuilt by themselves and their Russian fellow Slavs.
Last time I checked Afghanistan isn’t a part of Europe, neither have they applied for membership in the EU.
Make no mistake, Ukraine will be rebuilt with a new version of the Marshall plan.
Russia can’t even take care of its own country and will be fully occupied for decades with rebuilding its armed forces…
USA “can’t even take care of its own country”. 🙂 Take your head out of your A#Z. 🙂
wow if this was a youtube comment then i would say; “whoosh…” in response to your comment.
There won’t be enough money. You still under the delusion that this will end well if Russia’s forgotten demands, especially by the likes of you, aren’t addressed and settled with diplomacy.
The powers that be will print the money,debase the dollar, wipe out the treasury and corporate debts by inflation,devalue Joe in the streets paltry savings, and bring on the NWO.
Don Bacon is not “under the delusion” of anything. Don Bacon’s job here is to devolve the quality of thought process that goes into a regular guy’s comment here.
IMO almost all of the commenters here have their heads on straight.
Don, paid propagandist. 🙂
Jay, delusional propagandist 🙂
Come back when you mature. 🙂
WASHINGTON – Congress on Thursday passed a bill that would enhance President Joe Biden’s authority to lend U.S. military equipment to Ukraine.
The House passed the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act, introduced by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, by a 417-10 vote after the Senate unanimously passed the legislation earlier this month.
“Today, we send to President Biden’s desk legislation to revive the consequential Lend-Lease initiative that turned the tide of World War II and will ensure the efficient delivery of further supplies to Ukraine and other Eastern European nations,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a statement ahead of the vote.
The bipartisan legislation seeks to revive a World War II-era program that allowed the government to lend or lease military equipment to U.S. allies.
The bill would allow the Defense Department to lend or lease defense articles to Ukraine or any other eastern European country, such as Poland, impacted by the Russian invasion.
Seems like the US reslly stands united when it comes to supporting Ukraine!
Of course there are always some misfits, or commies, that think otherwise. But they are, and will always be, just outcasts.
Little sissy DC Ghouls,,will cry like babies when Russia will have no choice but to bring the war to the USA homeland,,see what happens when that transpires,,keep pushing DC Ghouls,,can’t live without a war, but You may die with this one.
Well said Joe! Thank you for using common sense, something that seems to be lacking in government…………………………………………….
LOL!!
Wow that is equal to 14 Nordstream II pipelines..
Pat, your math is a little off, according to cnbc, the Nordstream II cost around $11 billion, though I have seen higher figures as you have to include on-shore parts as well as the off-shore work.
so about 3 nordstream pipelines.
Hence, a total humanitarian waste by the US
Nordstream II was a disaster, scrapping that project was the best decision Germany has taken in decades.
Our environment will greatly benefit from this, instead of using dirty Russian gas, Germany will be forced to invest in renewable energy sources! 🌏☀️
Politically correct gas is so much cleaner, right?
Sun and wind, comrade, sun and wind.
SAY NO TO DIRTY RUSSIAN ENERGY!
This is beyond sick but it is not about senile joe bribem, it is about who is pulling his strings as he is trotted out to read, very badly, from the teleprompter.
My guess at the immediate level is obama and his war mongering harpies, then soros, then the fourth branch of the goberment, the intell branch, and the cretins in that branch.
I’d say the same ones that were pulling Obama’s strings. Or Trump’s.
Exactly.
The republicans want to send even more weapons!
So if you are not a democrat or a republican, I guess you are one of the few commies in the US??
No, just an independent thinker.
“The massive $33 billion request signals that the US doesn’t WANT the war to end anytime soon.”
Fixed.
The new aid package would include more armored vehicles, artillery, air defense systems, anti-armor weapons, cyber warfare support, and more according to the Whtie House. U.S. military assistance, as well as aid from other countries, has increasingly included higher-end systems, including tanks and other armored vehicles, heavy artillery pieces, and unmanned aircraft. The latter category includes loitering munitions, also known as suicide drones, including the previously unknown Phoenix Ghost design, about which little has been revealed so far.
And all of those posts prove what? That our lackeys are along for the ride? Plus, it just proves my point more. The US doesn’t WANT this war to end.
….and the U.S. doesn’t really care about Ukrainian civilians.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said today that the alliance’s members were prepared to keep supporting Ukraine’s armed forces for years, which would help move the country away from its current reliance on Soviet-era weapons and other equipment.
The Dutch Are Sending Huge German Armored Howitzers To Ukraine
The Netherlands is transferring some of its German-built Panzerhaubitze 2000 long-range armored howitzers to Ukraine. Also known as the Pzh 2000, these hulking 61.5-ton tracked vehicles are arguably the heaviest land-warfare systems a Western ally has transferred to Ukraine so far.
Wow. They’re been trying to unload this crap for 2 decades and now’s their chance!
And still the Russians are desperatly protesting, haha.
I bet they don’t make it there…….
Canada sends field artillery to Ukraine, the weapons shipment is expected to include an unspecified amount of ammunition.
According to Russia when stuff like that crosses the border and into Ukraine it will go boom.
Haha, I’m sure that’s what they are dreaming about.
Unfortunately the Russian army has turned out to be totally incompetent…
Sorta like the USA since WW-2?
Yes, Russian state media is certainly going to give us the unvarnished truth.
They copy and learn from USA media. 🙂
Can you blame them,,the USA was ready to destroy the world over some rockets in Cuba. Russia learns from the USA example. 🙂
Canada Training Ukrainian Troops on Howitzer Artillery, Canadian Defense Minister Says
Canada’s Defense Minister Anita Anand said during a visit to Washington on Thursday that Canadian troops were training Ukrainian troops to use howitzer artillery.
The United States has been training a small number of Ukrainian forces on howitzers and some other systems outside of Ukraine. Anand, speaking alongside U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, did not say where the Canadian training was taking place.
Small price to pay … after all, if we don’t stop them Russkies at the Dnieper, they’ll be crossing the Ohio and the Mississippi next before you know it.
NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg’s remarks about helping the Ukrainian armed forces advance from Soviet-era weapons and equipment come as new aid packages have increasingly included NATO-standard weapons and other systems, especially 155mm howitzers. Previously, much of the alliance’s focus had been on delivering Soviet-designed systems that Ukraine’s military has existing experience with.
As a result, the U.S. and other countries have been setting up new training programs, including at various locations in Europe, to instruct Ukrainian personnel on various systems they are now receiving, or are set to get, in the near future.
In line with all of this, Germany’s parliament, or Bundestag, resounding voted in favor of stepping up military assistance to Ukraine. This provides additional legal support for a slow shift in German government policy on this matter, which had already begun to emerge earlier this week.
““begins the transition to longer-term security assistance.”
For the military-industrial complex, he means. Because Ukraine will be over long before the end of the year.
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The UK backs Ukrainian troops carrying out strikes in Russian territory, the armed forces minister has said, calling it “not necessarily a problem” if Ukraine uses weapons donated by Britain.
James Heappey said the UK believed it was “completely legitimate” for Ukraine to identify targets in Russia in order to disrupt attacks on Ukraine.
Heappey told Times Radio: “Ukraine was a sovereign country that was living peacefully within its owner borders and then another country decided to violate those borders and bring 130,000 troops across into their country.
“That started a war between Ukraine and Russia, and in war Ukraine needs to strike into its opponent’s depth to attack its logistics lines, its fuel supplies, its ammunition depots, and that’s part of it.”
He added that it was “completely legitimate for Ukraine to be targeting in Russia’s depth in order to disrupt the logistics that if they weren’t disrupted would directly contribute to death and carnage on Ukrainian soil”.
“… living peacefully inside its own boarders…” ??? What??? Pay no attention to 14,000 killed in Donbas from 2014 through 2021.
Another British government mouthpiece saying idiotic words.
Congress should debate all this tax payer money allocated to Ukraine. So we know who the Yes and No votes are.
Biden now seeks a gargantuan $33 billion for Ukraine. The corruption is astounding. NATO is collapsing in a pile of its own filth.
Better yet: let the American people debate and vote. Those that vote to support pumping money down the corrupt Ukraine rat hole should then be assessed the cost of the “aid”.
I feel the same way about “aid” to Israhell. Let Soros and Co. send their money to the Zionazis; leave my tax dollars alone!
Been against this “aid” for decades.
Can you say “nuclear war”, boys and girls?
Ukraine is absolutely nothing to Amerikkka but an excuse for war with Russia.
This is beyond sick.
If Ukraine asks for weapons—USA is glad to help.
If Ukraine asks for COVID vaccine—Sorry!
Their first request is somewhat more important and urgent.
Urgent for whom?
For the Ukrainian people 🇺🇦 ✌️
For the rulers of the Ukrainian people you mean. N
For the Ukrainian people, long live democracy!
If you mean to die in greater numbers, then you are correct. More weapons, more death. But cheer it on clown.
Oppression must be defeated!
No one is forcing the Ukranians to fight, they could surrender if they wanted to.
But they know what a life under Russian rule means, and they will never accept that.
Then there are misfits like you how lives in the US but for some perverted reason still look up to Putin.
I guess you hide during the day and only dare to ventilate your sick and demented opinions on this forum.
For the last time, I don’t look up to Putin you moron. And the US is sacrificing Ukraine to bleed Russia as Austin admitted the obvious. You, like your fellow morons, think Russia’s reasons for invading will go away but in reality, they will remain and the prospects for peace will have evaporated. But go on cheerleading for more death and keep parroting what the MSM feeds you.
All of these escalations are happening for one reason only, and that is: Russia is completely annihilating the Ukrainian armed forces in the Donbass. It is going even more horrifically for the AFU than many imagined.
Say it ain’t so Joe! Move Heaven and Earth for Peace Joe, not war!
What could 33 billion buckaroos do for America Joe?!
Joe Biden will go down in history as a warmongering blob….
Say it ain’t so……………………………………………………………………
I’m a Peace Activist but I have to admit, when I read stuff like this?…. I’m inclined toward physical violence against these perpetrators…
My understanding is that it’s a broad bipartisan support in the US for this.
Are you an outcast in your own country, Donna?
I’m an outcast. I refuse to believe in MSM and US leadership.
That’s very good, acceptance is the first step to rehabilitation.
I bet you know that from experience Boi’ 🙂
You’re not an outcast. You’re displaying intelligence.
Donna, I think we understand…………………………:)
military madness is killing my country
but there’s no money for health care for all americans, nor homelessness, nor more funds against global warming etc etc
Roughly a third of Americans (32%) say that the United States is providing about the right amount of support to Ukraine as it fights to hold off the Russian invasion. A larger share – 42% – say the U.S. should be providing more support to Ukraine, while just 7% say it is providing too much support. About one-in-five (19%) say they are not sure.
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Yes. There are many Americans that believe th establishment narrative. Since they believe this bs, they should pay for the aid themselves.
Fierce fighting continues in the area south of Izyum along the entire perimeter of the Russian bridgehead. There are tactical advances of the Russian and DPR Armed Forces almost everywhere. The Banderite stronghold is collapsing, however the Banderite units are defending competently and persistently but their troop losses are horrific.
Russia is slowly but surely grinding NATO of troops weapons and money. NATO has attacked Transnistria (Supreme International crime of aggression) expanding the war to Moldova and Romania. A video of the Ukrainian terror attack on Tiraspol’s Ministry building was released, showing several masked gunmen armed with RPG’s shooting the building. Just after the visit by Blinkin and Loyd-Austin. WarGonzo reports that Moldova is holding secret consultations with NATO on a combined action to retake Transnistria. This will be the end of Moldova as a sovereign nation.
Poland is preparing for a Special Military Operation in Western Ukraine.
Ukraine is losing around 200 to 300 men and more than 30 armoured vehicles every day.
So even if the West can deliver 300 tanks and APCs – they will be gone in 10 days.
If possible, let’s hope Russia takes out the die hard Nazi’s that are pushing the conscripts to commit suicide or shoot them in their back if they don’t, first.
This is a golden opportunity which must approved by congress!
Both Democrat and Republican Kleptocrats need to siphon off funds to maintain their life style and add to their personal fortunes. The families of the politicians also thank you the American taxpayers, for another windfall.
Politicians from both parties need to have their political action committees plussed up with funds so they can hire family and friends to work for them. Of course some percentage ends up in the politicians pockets.
Remember: “In the United States, a political action committee (PAC) is a 527 organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaigns for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation.”
The Biden Crime Family also thanks you because as you know the “Big Guy” gets 10% of all they can steal from America. Since Russia started operations in Ukraine, payments have stopped from Ukraine to Hunter and the other American politicians. Failed attempts to steal from America through infrastructure appropriations no longer matter. As long as the Biden Crime Family can get congress to approve spending on Ukraine to the tune of hundreds of $Billions no further legislation is required.
Most of the appropriated funds will never leave the shores of America. So as the printing presses whirl away printing tens of $Billions in additional paper money hyperinflation will come barreling toward America like an out of control semi-truck on the American economic super highway. Good luck to us all.
$20B for the military and $9 for the people. Yeah, that sounds about right.
How about $100 billion for Apple’s owners and $40 billion for Exxon and Chevron’s owners just last year? It will be more this year.
Aid? What aid? Like everything else since country 404’s creation 30 years ago it’ll end up with the oligarchs.
What’s going to be left of this failure is a landlocked rump state. A Kosovo 2.0 without the agriculture, without the industry, without the coal mines, minerals, gas and ports of the hard working South/Novorossiya. But it’ll very rich in banditry, released convicts, organized crime and above all, some 25 million Nazi’s and white supremacists and hundreds of tons of lethal weapons like MANPADS for EU to take care of. Good luck with that.
33 of course
Global warming is an immensely greater danger for our nation and the world than Putin.