Part of the package, totaling 175 million dollars, will be approved directly by President Joe Biden under the presidential drawdown authority, the Pentagon said, with the remaining 95 million dollars coming from the Department of Defense-led Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative funds. While weapons ...
The Biden administration announced a new security assistance package for Ukraine worth $425 million and an additional $1.75 billion in Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative funds. "Today's announcement includes critical air defense capabilities to help Ukraine defend its people, as well as armored infa...
The White House said in a statement on December 30 that the pledge includes an additional $1.25 billion drawdown package for the Ukrainian military and a $1.22 billion Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) package. "I've directed my Administration to continue surging as...
One of the officials said a portion of the package, expected to be $1.725 billion, would come from a fund known as the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), which allows President Joe Biden's administration to get weapons from industry rather than from U.S. weapons stocks. The Whi...
Some U.S. military aid is still trickling into Ukraine via arms dealers, contracts suggest.All $18.9 billion in the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative—one oftwo waysthe Pentagon has been funding aid to the wartorn country—has been “committed” since November, but that only means that of...
Cooper described the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, saying it involved a range of items such as night vision goggles, vehicles, sniper rifles and medical equipment. “Security assistance is vital to helping the Ukrainians be able to defend themselves,” Cooper said. Because Ukraine and Geor...
The Defense Department is asking Congress to modify the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative to allow for an additional two years of funding flexibility, according to a new legislative proposal . The department’s USAI fund, which is used to contract directly with defense companies, is different ...
The Fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, authorizes the additional spending for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, an increase of $500 million over U.S. President Joe Biden's request earlier this year. The bill also suspends some restrictions on contracts for munitions ...
The budget also allocates further and significant assistance to Ukraine. Canada, which was the first Western country to recognize Ukraine's independence in 1991, has committed about 953 million U.S. dollars to support Ukraine and its people, and 1.3 billion U.S. dollars in loan support for ...
The White House will ask Congress for $6.4 billion in supplemental funds for assistance to Ukraine, four sources familiar with the matter told NBC News. Citing two of those sources, NBC reported that $3.5 billion would go to the U.S. Department of Defense, while $2.9 billion would go ...