26-10-2023, 07:45 PM
Charles R. Davis Oct 26, 2023, 1:39 AM GMT+8
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"It's been very useful and interesting because nobody knows that financial help to Ukraine doesn't go directly to Ukraine," he said. "They think that they gave so much money directly to Ukraine and they can't see where [it] is now. But it doesn't go directly to Ukraine. It's still in the United States. It's only old equipment that's going directly to Ukraine — and it's not enough when we have a huge front line, more than 10,000 square kilometers."
The United States has provided cash to Ukraine: over US$26 billion to support the country's public spending. But a "good portion" of the US$113 billion in total aid marked for Ukraine has indeed been "spent in the States, or on US personnel," according to the Center for Strategic & International Studies, a think tank in Washington. A majority of weapons and equipment transferred to Ukraine have been from existing stocks, which Congress has appropriated US$26 billion to replace, a figure the Biden administration hopes to increase with its latest proposal of US$61.4 billion in new aid.
https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-...ia-2023-10
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"It's been very useful and interesting because nobody knows that financial help to Ukraine doesn't go directly to Ukraine," he said. "They think that they gave so much money directly to Ukraine and they can't see where [it] is now. But it doesn't go directly to Ukraine. It's still in the United States. It's only old equipment that's going directly to Ukraine — and it's not enough when we have a huge front line, more than 10,000 square kilometers."
The United States has provided cash to Ukraine: over US$26 billion to support the country's public spending. But a "good portion" of the US$113 billion in total aid marked for Ukraine has indeed been "spent in the States, or on US personnel," according to the Center for Strategic & International Studies, a think tank in Washington. A majority of weapons and equipment transferred to Ukraine have been from existing stocks, which Congress has appropriated US$26 billion to replace, a figure the Biden administration hopes to increase with its latest proposal of US$61.4 billion in new aid.
https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-...ia-2023-10