US Aid to Ukraine: Urgent Funding Needed to Support Ukraine’s Defense

That’s about half a year’s worth of arms supplies if the U.S. continues to deliver as many weapons as it has in the previous six months, and about 11% of the total $43.9 billion the U.S. has given in security assistance since the Russian invasion in February 2022.

The budget for the second source of funds used by the United States for a long-term program to modernize the armed forces of Ukraine, the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, is empty.

US President Joe Biden administration officials and senators stressed over the weekend that ending US aid could prove disastrous for Kyiv and urged Congress to pass an additional funding bill as soon as possible.

CONTEXT:

On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops. Putin claimed that NATO was going to use Ukraine as a springboard for aggression against Russia, although there was no evidence for these claims. Ukraine believes that Putin’s real goal is to destroy Ukraine’s statehood and bring the territory under Moscow’s control.

A large-scale offensive failed, Ukraine did not give up, and with the help of foreign military aid, the Ukrainian army managed to stop the invaders and in the autumn also to liberate the Kharkiv region, recover Kherson, and at the beginning of the summer, the Ukrainian counter-offensive began.

The progress of the counterattack is hampered by the lack of effective offensive weapons, minefields and the fortified positions of the Russian occupation forces, however, the Ukrainian army is gradually moving forward.

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2023-10-03 06:31:21
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