Biden to Give $3 Billion in Taxpayer Money to Ukraine on Country’s Independence Day
The U.S. will announce a $3 billion aid package for Ukraine as early as Wednesday, Ukraine’s independence day, as the war to repel Russia’s invasion reaches the six month mark, The Associated Press reported.
Much of the equipment included in the package will not see battlefield use for a year or more, part of a strategic pivot by the U.S. to guarantee long-term support for Ukraine, U.S. officials knowledgeable about the subject told the AP. Drones, weapons and other supplies in the package, the largest to date by roughly $2 billion, will be supplied under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative
Germany also announced ahead of Ukraine’s national day it would provide €500 million in new weapons in 2023, DW reported.
The U.S. has administered previous aid packages under the Presidential Drawdown Authority and included weapons and ammunition pulled from existing U.S. stockpiles to assist Ukraine’s short term needs, according to the AP.
The U.S. shift to securing Ukraine’s long-term defense posture reflects a broader change in attitudes toward Ukraine, the AP reported. NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg advocated for a long-term commitment to Ukraine at a virtual security conference about Crimea.
Germany also announced ahead of Ukraine’s national day it would provide €500 million in new weapons in 2023, DW reported.
“Winter is coming, and it will be hard, and what we see now is a grinding war of attrition. This is a battle of wills, and a battle of logistics,” Stoltenberg said, according to the AP.
Ukraine has danced around the question of responsibility for a series of explosions in Russian-occupied Crimea recently. In the eastern Donbas region, where some of the most intense fighting has raged, however, combat has been reduced to a slow give-and-take, the AP reported.
U.S. and Ukrainian leaders warned that Russia may escalate attacks on Wednesday, which marks both Ukraine’s day of independence from the former USSR and the six-month anniversary of the war, the AP reported.
The U.S. embassy in Ukraine Monday issued an advance warning to Americans still living in the country to evacuate as soon as possible, anticipating increased Russian bombing throughout Ukraine.
The U.S. has provided a total of $10.6 billion to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden administration, according to the AP, most of which was disbursed after the Russian invasion.
The Biden administration has opposed sending Ukraine Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) and other munitions that could reach into Russia on the grounds that strikes on Russian soil could be seen as escalatory and drag the U.S. into open conflict with Russia. However, inconsistencies in reporting on Ukrainian strikes suggest the U.S. may have secretly supplied long-range weaponry, Politico reported.
Two U.S. officials also confirmed to Politico that the U.S. included Excalibur precision-guided munitions in an Aug. 19 package, despite the systems not being featured on a public notification, Politico reported.
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I’m so tired of all the politicians waving Ukrainian flags and shouting “We must stand for Democracy” and proclaiming Zelenskyy a populist “hero” when he is, in fact, just another dictator and corrupt politician. Remember that Ukraine is the corrupt government that accepted a billion dollar bribe from then VP Joe Biden to fire the prosecutor that was looking into his son Hunter’s money laundering scheme. Ukraine also has no free press, just “state approved” media and now Zelenskyy has the audacity to say that those in the U.S. who question our unlimited money giveaway are Russian agents. And we learn he’s not really in danger or in the trenches fighting Russians but somehow managing to do Vogue photo shoots. Of course the other lie is that we must protect their “sovereignty and territorial integrity” while the politicians do nothing about the fact that we have exactly zero “sovereignty and territorial integrity” because of our totally open border that lets in millions of unvaccinated illegals; including cartels, criminals, terrorists and the Chinese made fentanyl that kills over a hundred thousand Americans every year.
And then there’s Biden’s final lie that our sanctions will bankrupt Putin when the ugly truth is that all of Europe is still buying Russian gas and oil because they can’t survive without it. Why? Because of their “Green New Deal” policies over decades shutting down their nuclear and coal fired plants. So they get 40% of their gas and oil from Russia. So, the ruble is rising, the dollar is crashing while we have sent 54 billion to Ukraine and Europe is sending billions to Putin’s war machine. So Biden sends another 3 billion and has pledged to send endless billions for “as long as it takes”. What insanity!
So now there’s a new refugee crisis in Europe, hundreds of thousands will die, and Biden says we will send endless billions to Ukraine in a proxy war with Russia that we didn’t want, didn’t vote for and can’t win. Meanwhile, we are in a recession (soon to be a Depression) because of Biden’s destroying our energy independence and the ever increasing inflation caused by our government’s never ending money printing to support another endless war. And, oh yeah, they just passed a bill to spend another 730 Billion here for that same “Green New Deal” that failed in Europe and is partly responsible for the Ukraine war and the coming food shortages. Had enough yet America?