The current lend-lease will not resemble the lend-lease model of World War II, when the US provided support to the USSR and Great Britain on a return basis.
The American lend-lease law for Ukraine will come into effect on October 1, the amount of money under this program has already been determined, but the US authorities have not yet completed the development of its model. This was announced by Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.
The nuances and details are still being discussed, he said. The minister believes that in any case, it will not be similar to the Lend-Lease model during the Second World War, when the United States provided support to the USSR and Great Britain on a remunerative basis.
“Whatever I say now, it may be a little different from the final version. And it is also important that the final model is probably not designed by the ministers of defense, but by the ministers of finance. Because it is still financial relations. My task was to refer to the General Staff, took their need, to say that I need these drones or missiles,” said Reznikov.
What is the idea of Lend-Lease? The money under the program, as the Minister of Defense reminded, will go to the economy of the United States, to support the military-industrial complex.
“For example, they give us rockets for HIMARS from warehouses. That means the company that makes them will start producing to fill these warehouses. That means we took them, and they have to put them in their warehouse, even after 2 -3 years,” the official said.
While Lend-Lease is not operational, Ukraine receives aid from the United States for the remaining four programs.
Remember, on May 9, US President Joe Biden signed the lend-lease law for Ukraine. The Ukrainian side will be able to rent military equipment and weapons, and pay for them after victory over Russia, or simply return the surviving equipment.
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