Only 20% of the assistance to Ukraine — about $175 million — will go towards military equipment and weapons.
Instead, the vast majority of the $1 billion package is expected to support non-military aid, such as economic and humanitarian efforts.experts warned that Ukraine’s Western allies, including the US, have stalled
“If more had been approved earlier, with fastest training and delivery as a clear priority, Ukraine would likely have been better off today as Russia would have had less time to prepare, and Ukraine would have had more combat power to apply to their objectives earlier,” retired US Major. Gen. Gordon “Skip” Davis, now a senior fellow with the Center for European Policy Analysis, previously told The Post.
As of that date, there was “approximately $5.75 billion in restored Presidential Drawdown Authority [funds] that remain available for Ukraine,” the Pentagon told reporters on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Blinken met with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Kyiv on Wednesday, where they “discussed the United States’ steadfast support for Ukraine’s recovery, reconstruction and reform efforts,” the State Department said in a readout of the meeting.
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