The US is preparing a new $1.1 billion arms package for Ukraine that will be announced soon, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing unnamed US officials.
The weapons package will likely include HIMARS rocket systems, HIMARS ammunition, counter-drone systems, radar systems, training, and technical support.
The arms package is expected to be provided to Kyiv using the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) as opposed to sending the arms directly from US military stockpiles. The USAI allows the Biden administration to purchase military equipment for Ukraine from the US arms industry.
The new package will bring the total amount of US arms pledged for Ukraine since Russia invaded on February 24 to over $16 billion. Funds for Ukraine are still being pulled from the $40 billion aid package President Biden signed into law back in May, but Congress is preparing to authorize more spending to support the war.
Congress unveiled on Tuesday a new $12.3 billion aid package for Ukraine that will be included in a stopgap funding bill that needs to be passed this week to avoid a government shutdown.
The $12.3 billion includes military and economic support for Ukraine and will bring total US spending on the war since Russia invaded to $65.9 billion, which is the same number as Russia’s entire military budget for 2021.
I suggest Congress’s salary and that of all White House staff be cut immediately to help this donation to Ukraine. True, it’s a drop in the bucket — but apparently no one is counting anyway.
$65.9 Billion? Does that come with a cup of coffee and a sandwich?
Never thought I’d see the day that the US is arming Nazis .. shouldn’t surprise me tho. We are allies with evil.
The US has been arming Nazis since there were Nazis. And recruiting them when it wasn’t arming them.
My focus went directly to this: “The arms package is expected to be provided to Kyiv using the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) as opposed to sending the arms directly from US military stockpiles”
Could it be that we have already given Ukraine everything we had to spare?
How long does it take to manufacture a new HIMARS?
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Report: US Preparing $1.1 Billion Arms Package for Ukraine Congress is set to vote on $12.3 billion in new Ukraine aid, which will be included in a stopgap funding bill”
Everything to hide Joey Biden’s corruption and complicity in Ukraine and no tone cent for Americans at home.