US to provide $400 mln in military aid to Ukraine in new package – Reuters

The United States of America is preparing to provide Ukraine with a new military aid package worth 400 million dollars, which could potentially be the first of 2024.

Reuters reports this.

It is noted that this is the first such step by the US in several months, as additional funds for Ukraine are still blocked by Republican leaders in Congress.

The officials, speaking anonymously, said an announcement of military aid was expected later on Tuesday.

The new military aid package for Ukraine may reach 400 million dollars.

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The USA has not been able to approve new funding for aid to Ukraine for several months. Because of this, the supply of weapons to Ukrainian defenders from the Americans has been suspended.

However, on February 13, the US Senate approved a $95 billion aid bill for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. In particular, more than 60 billion dollars have been earmarked for Ukraine.

It is worth adding that the speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, Republican Mike Johnson, criticized the US Senate's bill on aid to Ukraine and Israel for the lack of measures that could stop the record flow of migrants across the US-Mexico border.

Later, Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick introduced another bipartisan document that he called a compromise, including the border issue. The bill provides reduced funding compared to the Senate version. In particular, this document allocates $47 billion for Ukraine.

On February 27, US President Joe Biden met with the leaders of the US Congress on the issue of aid to Ukraine and emphasized that the Congress's inaction had dire consequences.

On March 7, the head of the White House addressed Congress, during which, in particular, he mentioned Russia's war against Ukraine and once again called for additional funding to Kyiv.

Part of the Republican Party of the USA and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, began to develop their own version of the aid package for Ukraine.

In the budget request of the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, for the 2025 fiscal year, 1.5 billion dollars were provided to counter the aggression of the Kremlin, of which 482 million dollars are for Ukraine.