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Jour : 5 février 2025

Weapons Allotment near depletion

 Funds allocated by Congress for US weapons packages to Ukraine during the Biden administration are nearly depleted, with most of the equipment already delivered. A 30 December package from former President Joe Biden exhausted the remaining funds from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which has provided $32.7 billion for new equipment since 2022. Of the $45.8 billion allocated to a separate drawdown fund previously approved by Congress, only $3.8 billion, about 8%, remains. These drawdowns primarily pay US arms manufacturers to restock American weapon reserves rather than sending new arms to...

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