The Pentagon assumes that they will not have time to use all the remaining funds for armed support of Ukraine under the PDA program, and the Trump administration will inherit part of the amount.
Voice of America journalist Ostap Yarysh writes about this on his social networks.
According to him, we are talking about 5.6 billion dollars.
It is likely that some of the funds discovered as a result of recalculations may remain unused – in addition to what Congress approved. So far this is about $2 billion out of $5.6 billion. The Pentagon admitted earlier that they might not be used, but they avoided direct answers to our questions. “We’ll use what’s approved by Congress, and we’ll try everything else, but we’ll see how it goes,” writes Yarysh.
According to him, the Pentagon plans to use all the funds for the USAI program, according to which the United States orders the production of weapons for Ukraine from manufacturers, by January 20. Now there is still about $1.2 billion left.
At the same time, the current US authorities believe that Ukraine will have enough military assistance to fight until the end of 2025, which the United States has already provided or plans to provide until the end of Joe Biden’s term. US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller announced this at a briefing.
The official advised contacting the US Department of Defense for specifics about the percentage of military assistance already provided and what remains to be transferred.
In November, the Pentagon reported that it had another $7.1 billion. for Ukraine under the presidential arms supply program PDA and about another 2.1-2.2 billion dollars. USAI funding program. Under the first program, assistance is quickly provided from the Ministry of Defense, the second is actually defense orders and requires more time for production and delivery.
Since then, the United States has provided assistance to Ukraine, including $988 million, $725 million. and 500 million dollars.
Source: Racurs
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