The Joe Biden administration said the Department of Defense will send $275 million in arms to Ukraine. The shipment is the twenty-fourth since Russian forces invaded in February. The White House has provided Kiev with tens of billions in military aid.
The Pentagon press release says the latest transfer will include ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), 155mm Howitzers, and Remote Anti-Armor Mine Systems. Washington will also send Ukraine vehicles, small arms, and communications equipment.
The Department of Defense says Biden authorized the weapons transfer through the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA). The PDA allows the president to send weapons to foreign militaries directly from American stockpiles. The Pentagon says its supply of some weapons systems are now "uncomfortably low" due to the transfers to Ukraine.
The Pentagon claims American security assistance for Ukraine since the Russian invasion now stands at $17.9 billion. The Kiel Institute, a German think tank, reports Washington’s security assistance for Kiev totals $27.5 billion. The institute, which "is basically funded by the German Federal Government," says the US has also provided Ukraine with $15 billion in financial aid and nearly $10 billion in humanitarian assistance.
The White House announces a new weapons package for Kiev nearly every week. While this package did not include any new weapons platforms, the Pentagon pledged air defense systems in the future.
"Air defense capabilities have been, and will continue to be, a U.S. priority for Ukraine," the Pentagon press release says, adding, "[t]o meet Ukraine’s evolving battlefield requirements, the United States will continue to work with its Allies and partners to provide Ukraine with key capabilities."
Kyle Anzalone is the opinion editor of Antiwar.com, news editor of the Libertarian Institute, and co-host of Conflicts of Interest.
Look at the bright side. At the rate the US is depleting its munition stock piles it won’t be capable of starting a conventional war by itself.
I assure you these munitions and weapons will be replaced PDQ.Nothing except death and destruction of some major citys will ever stop the US from killing poor people.
On a more serious note the US doesn’t have the production capabilities it did in the past largely to do with outsourcing. It will take a lot of time to replace the munition stockpile.
If China has a set they will make their Taiwan move soon, not that I hope it does.
Joe Biden reminds me of Mickey Mouse in the Sourcers Apprentiss,He just cannot stop.
The only problem with your analysis, is that Mickey Mouse is far smarter and certainly cuter then Bye-Done….
At least the pre woke version of Mickey, he kind of lost some of his cuteness as Disney has gone down the rat hole.
Disney changed, in my view, with the movie Splash, directed by Ron Howard. That movie introduced nudity in a Disney movie. I believe the CEO at the time was Miller.
About one transfer every second week.
We have already given them more than Russia’s yearly military budget. And that is after the “10% for The Big Guy”
The Russian military budget was the same as what we ADDED to our budget!
Let us start keeping track of how many sales happened AFTER those peace talks were squashed by the west in MARCH. Instead of claiming Putin is the next Hitler let’s concentrate on those who decided killing Ukrainians was “worth it”.
I’m sure the Blinkin’ Idiot and the Kagans would.
As well as Not-so-Bright if she weren’t a rotting corpse.
Thanks for getting that reference. Of course, “worth it” should be a dead, or “rotting corpse”, giveaway.
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I’m sure the Blinkin’ Idiot and the Kagans would.
As well as Not-so-Bright if she weren’t a rotting corpse.
We are not a free weapons depot. Stop wasting taxpayers dollars and making our lives hell with the inflation just so the neocon blob can feel good about “weakening Russia”. I wanted some eggs for breakfast, and yet we have $8 a dozen eggs on our stores. (Costco even SOLD OUT of their eggs this morning…). STOP BIDEN – from a former Democratic supporter.
It’s interesting to see the war machine at work… $27,5 BILLION?……………… For that kind of money, we should be able to redecorate the entire country and have free ice cream Sundays!…. Anybody feeling more ‘secure’?………………………………
zelensky is probably feeling more secure
These are actually very bad days for Zelensky. Winter is coming and the US elections have kicked the Russo-Ukrainian war out of our MSM and our social media. He needs a lift and reassurance. Biden and Congress are giving him another pat on the back to make sure that there is no Obama-style reset in the making. Or the signing of an agreement with Iran. Or a repair of Nord Stream 2.
That is my money U are sending to Ukraine you lousy traitor MOFU!!!!!!!!
We’d really appreciate it if curse words were not edited Mr. Hall. Shout it out!
I just like to show some class,,AMF! 🙂
Not me, Jay… sometimes the f-bomb is the only appropriate expression 😉
Means testing. We must cut social security and medicare! BTW /s
Take out the food supply as well and stop feeding the useless eaters….
President Biden is going “va banque”, that is to say he is betting all that is left in the US Treasury on a win by Ukraine.
I thought the U.S.’s goal was to bleed Russia to death. It looks like the U.S. is getting bled instead. The pit we dug for Russia is the same pit we are falling into.
No, we ordinary people in Russia are bleeding and bleeding badly. Not the elite in Moscow though.
Count your blessings. You have a good leader. It could be worse. You could be stuck with a dumbkoff like Joe Biden.
And the really suffering Ukrainians have corrupt Zelensky who is throwing them under the bus for a big check from Washington. One big war profiteer.
Doesn’t make what she said untrue. The elites are doing fine here too.
Based on MSM news we have been told many Russian generals have been killed. Is that not true? Generals seldom get killed in battle, more often they get assassinated, but Kiev has no credibility.
Ordinary Americans are bleeding too, happens all the time.
We are losing, and we are losing badly.
Let’s try to reach a peace agreement with Kyiv where we at least can keep Crimea.
Sorry, Vlad, but ZelBoy would rather slaughter his entire population than negotiate with you.
Our young men don’t deserve to die in Ukraine.
Let’s rebuild Russia instead of waging a war against our neighbour.
Just no end to the process of shoveling taxpayer money into the pockets of the Death Merchants. And everyone seems to be on board in Amerika. Not a peep of protest. Or. more true, when a peep is heard the Empire roars. A lot of noise to cover Armageddon? I think things will get even more ridiculous.
Something great Justin Raimondo did, daily, was post “Where’s the evidence?” regarding the Russians messing in the US. We now need, a weekly posting of “How much $$ and weaponry has US given to Ukraine this week?”
Putin should begin hitting the ports / air ports and rail way`s where these arms deliveries are taking place and being delivered to the Ukraine NAZIS ,
“White House Approves 24th Weapons Transfer to Ukraine The Pentagon announced a new $275 million shipment from American stockpiles to Kiev”
Dumbest Secretary if Defense of defense in the history of America, Lloyd J Austin the Turd, going along with this!