The United States is preparing a $1 billion military aid package for Ukraine, the first to be sourced from the yet to be signed Ukraine-Israel bill, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday.
The aid package includes vehicles, Stinger air defense munitions, additional ammunition for high-mobility artillery rocket systems, 155 millimeter artillery ammunition, TOW and Javelin anti-tank munitions and other weapons that can immediately be put to use on the battlefield, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
President Joe Biden had asked the U.S. Congress to provide $60.8 billion in aid to Ukraine, but the initiative stalled when Republicans in the House of Representatives refused to move the measure forward for months.
On Tuesday the Senate was expected to vote on four bills now passed by the House. One for Ukraine, a second with $26 billion for Israel, a third with $8.12 billion “to counter communist China” in the Indo-Pacific and a fourth that includes a potential ban on the social media app TikTok.
The Ukraine bill also calls for the transfer of ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile Systems) with a range of up to 190 miles, which Kyiv has pledged not to use inside Russia’s territory.
I just pray it’s still in time. The Russian traitors in the U.S. Congress need to be expelled. From the country. Preferably via cannon. Maybe directly into the sun.
Thank you american allies 💖 !
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Oh no, a russian bot on copium.
How sad.
If Europe falls, Russia will come for your country eventually too, once they’re done with the USA.
Not that you care, you’re probably working for Russia, or already in your 60s so this won’t affect you much, but ya know, just in case…
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You must be terrible at geography if you don’t even know Ukraine is in Europe…
It’s a damn shame how many genuinely good people are being killed in this war just for edgelords like you to live their lives unscathed.
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Even if Ukraine loses in the end, that equipment is going to continue to absolutely wreck Russia’s military capabilities for the foreseeable future.
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I don’t know who you’re lumping me in with so I have no idea what I’ve been wrong about so far.
And no. The fact that this new wave of aid will be used to explode Russian equipment is undeniable. I’ll tag you in the threads if you want.
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I don’t know why you assume that everybody except you had just decided that Ukraine was going to easily take back Crimea
It remains the maximal long term outcome, but was never considered a likely result
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What do tanks have to die with Crimea lmao?
Well yeah, if Russia annexed the entirety of Ukraine, that would also be considered the unlikely maximal outcome
a brave post by a brave internet lad. /$
Can we swap the Israel and Ukraine packages at least?
If you mean also give the Islraili aid to Ukraine, I’m on board.
That would even be preferable.
The Ukraine package is bigger.
I am reading 1 billion for Ukraine and 26 billion for Israel. What am I reading wrong here?
That’s just the first part that the Pentagon is preparing. You should pay more attention to the news.
One of the bills provides $61 billion for Ukraine
The $1bn is the first batch of weapons being sent that were funded by the (now passed) $61bn allocation
The Israeli $26bn number is their version of Ukraine’s $61bn
The article is poorly written. It definitely reads like Biden requested 61 billion, but only got 1b passed after it was stalled by Republicans. It even goes on to mention the 4 bills, but doesn’t clarify the grand total for Ukraine. Why not just say this is only the first package of the total amount?
Ukraine is getting double what is apportioned for Israel. I learned much of their aid is for missile defense which is one of the things I don’t mind Israel doing.
So they can shoot their neighbours but remain safe from retaliation?
Nah fuck that, I mind Israel doing that.
The aggressor doesn’t need defense.
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I’d prefer that too, but I prefer defensive weapons to offensive ones shy of that.
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This is sad, more weapons, more civilians killed. I wonder what are the “true” things being negotiated. In bellic conflicts there are no allies, only interests and business.
