The United States will send a substantial security package to Ukraine, including badly needed air defense systems and artillery rounds, the White House said Wednesday, as the administration — its war chest replenished after months of gridlock in Congress — moves quickly to help Kyiv counter a resurgent Russian campaign.
The weapons package, with an estimated $1 billion value, restarts an expansive U.S. effort to sustain Ukraine’s embattled military as the war with Russia bleeds into its third year. The Pentagon, having anticipated lawmakers would end their impasse, signaled in recent days it was prepared to rush at least some of this resupply to the battlefield within days.
President Biden, in remarks on Wednesday morning, announced the shipments would begin in the “next few hours.”
Better late than never, but it’s going to be a lot more expensive (in real lives, land, property, and dollars) after having paused support for so long.
Make note if your representative voted against Ukraine aid and vote them out of office.
I’m usually not for government lists but anyone against funding should be on a list.
That way if WWIII breaks out because Ukraine falls, we know who to send first.
There’s always full transparency on every Senate and House vote posted on the government’s website, and for good reason. It’s how you hold your representatives accountable to their promises. You can’t assume they’re going to vote with your interests in mind with the amount of lobbying that happens in Congress.
I meant all American’s, not just the feeble minded Russian agents in the house and senate.
Yeah, that’s not a great idea. The next time a republican takes office, you’ll be on a list. The authoritarian slope is a slippery one.
I’m not afraid of being on their lists just as anyone who believes in not finding Ukraine should have no problem being on the list I propose.
I belief in holding people accountable to the consequences of their actions.
What citizens are you looking to hold accountable? What actions?
Babe wake up. New US weapons package just dropped.
Isnt it 61 billion?
This package is a small portion of that total.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The United States will send a substantial security package to Ukraine, including badly needed air defense systems and artillery rounds, the White House said Wednesday, as the administration — its war chest replenished after months of gridlock in Congress — moves quickly to help Kyiv counter a resurgent Russian campaign.
The infusion of artillery ammunition, in particular, will be welcomed along the front, where Ukrainian army units — forced to ration dwindling stocks — have dug in and sought to slow Russia’s advance.
Capturing Chasiv Yar would allow Moscow’s forces to launch attacks from the high ground, threatening larger cities important to Ukraine’s defense and supply pipeline.
Renewed assistance is unlikely to tip the scales in Kyiv’s favor on its own, and U.S. officials have said they foresee a grinding year ahead, in which Ukraine will seek to hold off Russian forces while preparing its own units to go back on offense in the future.
They say Kyiv’s priorities include holding contested areas in the country’s north and east, maintaining its commercial thruway in the Black Sea, and diminishing Moscow’s ability to attack from the south by keeping the Russian-occupied Crimea peninsula at risk.
The $61 billion for Ukraine that was newly authorized by Congress provides funding to the Defense Department to bundle and ship weapons, ammunition and equipment from existing U.S. military stocks, and to then replenish those inventories with new purchases from domestic companies.
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