Katerina Chernovol05:05, 04/24/24
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The next step should be the transfer of the document to US President Joe Biden for signature.
The US Senate approved a $95.2 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Of these, more than $60 billion are earmarked for Ukraine.
As it became known from the broadcast of the meeting, legislators approved this package with a majority vote. So, 79 senators voted “for”, 18 voted “against”.
The next step should be the transfer of this document to US President Joe Biden for signature.
Updated: US President Joe Biden will sign a package of aid bills for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan on April 24 to resume arms supplies to Kyiv this week, according to a statement on the White House website.
Help to Ukraine from the USA
Let us recall that on Saturday, April 20, 2024, the US House of Representatives voted to approve assistance to Ukraine – $60.84 billion will be allocated from the American budget for this.
These funds will be distributed in several directions. Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal said that $49.9 billion will go towards defense spending, $7.8 billion will be potential budget support, and $1.57 billion will be economic assistance. Another $400 million is for border protection and humanitarian demining.
It is worth noting that on the same day the US House of Representatives voted to adopt an act on the possibility of confiscating the sovereign assets of the Russian Federation in favor of Ukraine.
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Good Morning. 😁
Yeah, really a good one, isn’t it? 😁
I hope we’ll see video of US deliveries leaving the bases later in the day.
And here it is, showing Bradleys on trailers!
https://charter97.org/en/news/2024/4/24/592742/
Excellent! 🇺🇲🙂👍
Awesome! 🇺🇸✌️🇺🇦
“Aid to Ukraine Is on the Way. Here’s How It Might Help.”
“Weapons from the aid package, considered “a lifeline” for Ukraine’s military, could be arriving on the battlefield within days.”
Great, but this 👇 doesn’t sound good:
“But it will not include everything that President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has asked for”
No guarantee for ATACMS and Patriot, and most probably no F-16s? Hasn’t Biden learned anything during the last six months? Same half-assed shit as before? More lame excuses?
“The [Patriot] systems are scarce and expensive, and giving one more to Ukraine could mean pulling it from protecting American assets, either domestically or internationally.”
Bah, humbug! “The US Army operates a total of 1,106 Patriot launchers. In 2023, 480 were in service” (Wikipedia). That’s 80 batteries in service and even more in storage. Germany donated 3 of its 13 batteries, that’s 23% of our air defence, the US a whopping 1 (ONE!) out of apparently more than 180 (1106/6=184) so far. Team Biden really can’t convince any other Nato-partner that donating 3 or 4 batteries would put US national security at an unacceptable risk. This nonsensical denial has to end now! 😠
Nearly $61 billion in aid was approved. “But it will not include everything that President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has asked for” applies to the $1 billion military aid package that the Pentagon is rushing out immediately. “Did not include another Patriot air-defense system” also applies to that first aid package.
We don’t know what will be in subsequent packages.
“No guarantee for ATACMS”
Ukraine used longer-range ATACMS last night. 🙂
I’m OK with not having been notified in advance.
The ATACMS’ were from the previous, small delivery many weeks ago, Larry. I stand by my position that US need to make up for the long disruption by sending high quality deliveries now, not long outdated M113s. Also, major Nato nations France, Italy and Spain have to be named and shamed into closing the gap to the leqding supporters. The half assed measures of the lasttwo years have been proven insufficient, this feetdragging can’t be allowed to continue! 🙁