Lend-Lease is the backup plan if Congress doesn’t appropriate more money. The RuZZian Boys who think Rs in Congress will prevent assistance to UA are wrong as usual.
“Why Biden hasn’t loaned weapons to Ukraine”
“The Biden administration has yet to use its Lend-Lease authorities to send weapons to Ukraine, senior administration officials and lawmakers told NatSec Daily.
The U.S. under President JOE BIDEN has committed nearly $35 billion in security assistance for Kyiv since Russia’s invasion, all of it coming from drawdowns of U.S. military stocks or future weapons production. But Congress also gave Biden Lend-Lease authority last year, allowing the U.S. to cut through bureaucratic red tape and gift weapons to Ukraine with the expectation of reimbursement down the line.
To date, the administration has chosen not to use that option, mainly because the congressionally approved pot of money that hasn’t been zeroed out yet.
“We are prioritizing security assistance that they would not have to pay us back for,” a senior administration official said on the condition of anonymity to detail sensitive internal discussions. However, the official added that the administration is “certainly open to using it in the future.” The focus right now is on “other existing authorities that Congress has authorized.””
“Denmark will transfer 100 Leopard-1 tanks to Ukraine. at. Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen
“We will start deliveries of Leopard to Ukraine by the summer. Looking ahead, I hope that it will be possible to deliver about 100 Leopard-1 tanks, this will be a significant help to the Ukrainian army,” said Poulsen.“
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