The New York Times reported on Monday that Congress’ plan to deliver $60 billion in aid to Ukraine is only going to provide the country with a few more months worth of military equipment, which means, if you can read between the lines, that Kyiv will likely have its hands out once again sometime over the course of the summer or early fall, wanting us to bankroll the conflict they have with Russia. Of course, they aren’t worried about whether or not our own people have everything they need. They just want free money and free weapons.
The Daily Caller is reporting:
Ukraine is urging the West to quickly pass an aid package as the country’s war against Russia has largely stalled out amid a shortage of weapons, munitions and manpower. The $60.8 billion aid package that the House passed on Saturday would be quickly delivered to the frontlines of the war, although it’s unclear to what degree it will benefit Ukraine in its war against Russia, according to the Times
Approximately $14 billion of the package would go to Ukraine for the direct purchase of weapons and munitions and funding for training via the Department of Defense’s Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, according to The Wall Street Journal. Over $30 billion would be used to replenish the U.S. weapons stockpiles that can be transferred to Ukraine through the presidential drawdown authority; that funding would also be provided to bolster U.S. military forces throughout Eastern Europe as part of a broader effort to ensure Russia’s hostilities do not expand.
Also included in the bill is approximately $10 billion worth of economic loans that Kyiv would be obligated to pay back in a timeline set by the sitting U.S. president. A caveat in the bill allows the president to forgive this loan in its entirety by January 2026.
The aid in question would be delivered to Ukraine in a matter of days if the bill were to be signed into law, the Times reported. Most of the cash would be used to beef up supplies and weapons along the frontlines of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, where Russian forces have managed to gain ground, forcing Ukrainian forces to pull back.
Ukrainian soldiers and veterans previously told the Daily Caller News Foundation that additional U.S. aid would mean the difference between victory or defeat against Russia.
“Unless we receive that support, we may come to an end,” Yuliia Paievska, a veteran and medic with the Ukrainian Medical Forces Command, said in previous comments given to the DCNF.
One of the questions being posited at the moment is whether or not military aid will actually help shift the war in Ukraine’s favor. While Russia has taken some big hits in the manpower department, especially with gaining so little ground at a very slow pace, the military industrial complex in the country is still going full steam ahead. It’s also beginning to rely far more heavily on air-based offensive strategies working along with operations on the ground, which is something Ukraine doesn’t have the capability to do.
If Ukraine is able to maintain an entrenched position in 2024, it could launch an offensive assault against Russia in 2025 and begin taking back control of seized territory, according to the Times. Ukraine would look to retake Donbas and Crimea, both regions that have been firmly controlled by Russia for roughly a decade.
The bill passed the House on Saturday in a 311-112 vote. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson previously opposed sending more aid to Ukraine until domestic issues, including the ongoing immigration crisis at the southern border, were addressed first; he shifted positions in recent months and backed a plan to pass additional aid separate from border security funding, to the ire of several House Republicans.
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