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[–] Teekeeus@hexbear.net 35 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

US Announces $150 Million Weapons Package for Ukraine

The Biden administration on Thursday announced a new weapons package for Ukraine worth $150 million that includes ammunition for HIMARS rockets, air defenses, artillery rounds, and other equipment.

If it's going to eastern europe, it's not going to the middle east. Probably means less civilian casualties then, so good-ish news?

The weapons are being provided under the Presidential Drawdown Authority, which allows the US to send weapons straight from Pentagon stockpiles. The $150 million is being pulled from funds made available by a Pentagon “accounting error” that overvalued previous weapons sent to Ukraine.

Earlier this month, the Pentagon said it still had $5.4 billion in drawdown funds available from the money freed up by the error. Based on the weapons packages that have been announced since then, the Pentagon has about $5 billion left to ship weapons to Ukraine until Congress authorizes more.

The Pentagon also released a fact sheet on Thursday that said the US has committed $43.9 billion in military equipment for Ukraine since Russia invaded in February of last year. Congress has authorized a total of $113 billion in spending on the war, which also includes economic aid, money for the Pentagon to replenish weapons, funding for troop deployments in Eastern Europe, and other types of spending.

President Biden has requested another $61.4 billion to spend on the proxy war as part of a $105 billion spending package that includes military aid for Israel, Taiwan, and funds for border security.

Wasn't it $100 billion? I guess they're adding an additional $5 billion just because

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

$150m rofl

This is what getting hung out to dry looks like. No more juice to squeeze Mr Z! I think he thought he was actually an honorary us-foreign-policy but nope, not even another vassal, just another bloodbag

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sadly, America worshippers never learn. Just look at the EU. 30 years later and still cucking for their masters.

[–] star_wraith@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

At least decades ago, arguably European capitalists had a reason to suck up to the US. That connection to the US helped keep the rise of communism in check in their countries and brought other financial benefits to them that the European workers didn’t get. But now, I don’t know they seem so beholden to their pro-American ideology that they will die for America.

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ukraine is going to lose either way. The 150 mil is just a polite way of telling Zelensky to wrap it up.

[–] vertexarray@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

What's with the $150 million needing to be pulled from somewhere? If the weapons have been stockpiled, shouldn't that mean they've been paid for? weird shit