U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) will be giving Ukraine “critical new security assistance” amounting to $500 million, according to a report.
The aid includes “the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance with more ammunition for US-provided HIMARS, air defense interceptors, and artillery rounds,” as well as “anti-armor systems, small arms, heavy equipment transport vehicles, and maintenance support.”
The latest provision is the 35th drawdown of U.S. inventory since August 2021.
Reporting from RT:
According to a “fact sheet” released by the Pentagon, the US has committed $35.8 billion in military aid to Ukraine since President Joe Biden took office, including $700 million sent before the hostilities with Russia escalated in February 2022. Though the US Congress has so far appropriated over $113 billion for aid to Ukraine, only about 20% of that has been direct cash aid to Kiev, the top congressional Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee revealed last week. According to Congressman Michael McCaul of Texas, “approximately 60% is going to American troops, American workers, and on modernizing American stockpiles.”
