Now that is finally some good news. Let's hope the help arrives quickly as Ukraine is really having a hard time holding the line. Do we know what changed to now release this aid package?
Now that is finally some good news. Let's hope the help arrives quickly as Ukraine is really having a hard time holding the line. Do we know what changed to now release this aid package?
I don't know what has changed to make this happen, but I do have an idea why this may be more popular across the political spectrum. This $6 billion of aid all goes to US defense manufacturers to...
I don't know what has changed to make this happen, but I do have an idea why this may be more popular across the political spectrum.
This $6 billion of aid all goes to US defense manufacturers to build brand new weapons. The equipment goes to Ukraine, but the US is getting funding to expand weapons production capabilities. If the next decade will have as much military conflict as it seems it may have, expanding capacity now is crucial.
Keep in mind that the ~$61B aid package for Ukraine is mostly being spent in the US, and even the money not spent internally, is being spent on US initiatives that directly benefit US military...
Keep in mind that the ~$61B aid package for Ukraine is mostly being spent in the US, and even the money not spent internally, is being spent on US initiatives that directly benefit US military goals (and likely a fair number of US contractors). I think Perun might have a broad overview of the aid package in one of his videos, certainly one of the older ones mentioned that most of the spending was actually internal to the US military and a fair chunk of it is really about paying to back-fill 155mm artillery ammunition and increase production capacity to meet new stockpile goals for the US.
In the Ukraine bill, of the $60.7bn, a total of about $23bn would be used by the US to replenish its military stockpiles, opening the door to future US military transfers to Ukraine. Another $14bn would go to the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, in which the Pentagon buys advanced new weapon systems for the Ukrainian military directly from US defense contractors.
There is also more than $11bn to fund current US military operations in the region, enhancing the capabilities of the Ukrainian military and fostering intelligence collaboration between Kyiv and Washington, and about $8bn in non-military assistance, such as helping Ukraine’s government continue basic operations, including the payment of salaries and pensions.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Friday a $6 billion long-term military aid package for Ukraine — the largest to date — which will allow the US to purchase new equipment produced by the American defense industry for the Ukrainian military.
The announcement comes just days after the US announced a $1 billion package that would quickly provide equipment to Ukraine to help its fight against Russia from US stocks.
Now that is finally some good news. Let's hope the help arrives quickly as Ukraine is really having a hard time holding the line. Do we know what changed to now release this aid package?
I don't know what has changed to make this happen, but I do have an idea why this may be more popular across the political spectrum.
This $6 billion of aid all goes to US defense manufacturers to build brand new weapons. The equipment goes to Ukraine, but the US is getting funding to expand weapons production capabilities. If the next decade will have as much military conflict as it seems it may have, expanding capacity now is crucial.
Keep in mind that the ~$61B aid package for Ukraine is mostly being spent in the US, and even the money not spent internally, is being spent on US initiatives that directly benefit US military goals (and likely a fair number of US contractors). I think Perun might have a broad overview of the aid package in one of his videos, certainly one of the older ones mentioned that most of the spending was actually internal to the US military and a fair chunk of it is really about paying to back-fill 155mm artillery ammunition and increase production capacity to meet new stockpile goals for the US.
Here's a bit from The Guardian: