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What Is in the Ukraine Aid Package, and What Does it Mean for the Future of the War?
csis.org ^ | May 1, 2024 | Mark F. Cancian and Chris H. Park

Posted on 05/14/2024 4:25:05 PM PDT by ransomnote

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After months of intense congressional debate, Congress passed and the president signed into law a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine. The legislation gives the president nearly everything he wanted, which is surprising given the drama in the Republican House caucus. The new legislation brings the total U.S. commitment to $175 billion since the beginning of the invasion. It will produce an immediate surge in deliveries of military equipment, which had fallen to about 10 percent of what they had been last year. Because of the delay, another funding package will not be needed until January. That pushes it past the presidential campaign. Despite all this good news, a cloud hangs on the horizon: How does Ukraine plan on winning this war?

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Q3: How much money has the United States committed as a result of the conflict in Ukraine?

A3: With the latest supplemental, the United States has committed $175 billion in economic, humanitarian, and military aid as a result of the war. Most of the funding for Ukraine has come from five emergency supplemental bills passed, though the regular appropriations have included some money.



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Q4: Where will this money be spent?

A4: The notion of “aid to Ukraine” is a misnomer. Despite images of “pallets of cash” being sent to Ukraine, about 72 percent of this money overall and 86 percent of the military aid will be spent in the United States. The reason for this high percentage is that weapons going to Ukraine are produced in U.S. factories, payments to U.S. service members are mostly spent in the United States, and even some piece of the humanitarian aid is spent in the United States. The major element of funding going to Ukraine is the economic support to the Ukrainian government, which the World Bank handles.

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A large number of ATACMS could be sent quickly, as more than 1,000 are in the U.S. stockpile today. The risk of the United States being short for other conflicts is low because the Precision Strike Missile—the successor to the ATACMS—began deliveries in late 2023. ATACMS is obsolescent.

Enhancing air defense, one of Ukraine’s top needs, will take years because the United States eliminated most of that capability after the Cold War. For example, the United States committed 14 National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS). The first two NASAMS, as a PDA drawdown, arrived in November 2022, taking about four months to deliver. The other 10 NASAMS committed under USAI will not arrive until 2025 at the earliest because of a 24-month production lead time.

Finally, F-16s are unlikely to be in the early packages. They are expensive, with one F-16 costing as much to procure as 200 Stingers, and are also very costly to maintain.

FULL ARTICLE AT LINK: What Is in the Ukraine Aid Package, and What Does it Mean for the Future of the War?



TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: killkillkillforpeace; mic; tothelastukrainian; ukraine; welfarewar
Really worth reading the entire article because there are nuggets of information in the text charts. It's important to note that the Brandon regime admitted to another 14 Billion in aid previously given to the Ukraine, bringing the total to $189 Billion, that we know of.

1 posted on 05/14/2024 4:25:05 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

Glad we have a say in how our tax dollars are abused.


2 posted on 05/14/2024 4:32:35 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: ransomnote
What Is in the Ukraine Aid Package

Well, we know none of the money went to building fortifications in Ukraine.

3 posted on 05/14/2024 4:34:08 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: ransomnote

The package is nothing but a PR stunt and a potential election dig at house Republicans. The 13 or 14 billion that will be spent on actual Uke weapons was spent one, three or six months ago. Many of those weapons sent are just now being paid for.


4 posted on 05/14/2024 4:37:41 PM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: ransomnote

Looking forward to seeing the official Ukraine goverment’s accounting log to see where all those billions of U.S. tax dollars have gone. Oh wait....


5 posted on 05/14/2024 4:38:25 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: ransomnote

And there is at least 3 times that amount we don’t know about.


6 posted on 05/14/2024 4:40:22 PM PDT by sport
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To: rktman

“Glad we have a say in how our tax dollars are abused.”

Also, consider this from the article: “86 percent of the military aid will be spent in the United States.”

What that means is that we taxpayers are paying for the weapons sent to Ukraine.


7 posted on 05/14/2024 4:53:48 PM PDT by cymbeline (we saw men break out of a concentration camp.”)
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To: ransomnote

More than the budget of the (US) Marine Corps.


8 posted on 05/14/2024 4:55:44 PM PDT by motor_racer ("We're gonna punish our enemies, and we're gonna reward our friends" - Barak Hussein Obama)
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To: ransomnote

Just a reminder: US foreign policy is *not* helping “our guys” win wars. It’s keeping profitable wars going.


9 posted on 05/14/2024 5:09:12 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: cymbeline

Shipping costs gotta be YUGE! 🤔😊👍


10 posted on 05/14/2024 5:17:20 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: All

If you’ve got an hour to spare, read “country by country” the lengthy list of armaments, ammo, tanks, aircraft, etc sent to Ukraine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_aid_to_Ukraine_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War#:~:text=Since%20January%202022%2C%20mostly%20Western,to%20Ukraine%20from%20individual%20countries.


11 posted on 05/14/2024 5:19:09 PM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. )
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To: ransomnote

-f Turncoat PenceofSchiff Mike Johnson

-fJRoberts-


12 posted on 05/14/2024 5:53:03 PM PDT by A strike (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by 'climate change')
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To: ransomnote

13 posted on 05/14/2024 5:53:15 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: motor_racer

🔝🔝🔝


14 posted on 05/14/2024 6:32:29 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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The Biden Administration Just Admitted It Massively
Under-counted (to hide?) tax dollars going to Ukraine
The American Conservative ^ | 4/9/24 | Bradley Devlin
FR Posted on 4/10/2024, 4:07:20 PM by hardspunned

One of the worst kept secrets in Washington is no one actually knows just how much money the United States has spent in support of Ukraine. Over the past year, however, conservatives in Congress have been pushing President Joe Biden and his administration for the real number, and they’re finally getting some answers.

In a letter sent to Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young on Tuesday, Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, along with Sens. Roger Marshall, Rand Paul, Mike Lee, and twelve other members of Congress, chronicled the immense difficulty Congress has had in getting what should be readily available information from the Biden administration.

(Excerpt) Read more at theamericanconservative.com ...


15 posted on 05/14/2024 6:34:24 PM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. )
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

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16 posted on 05/14/2024 9:03:38 PM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: Liz; ransomnote

Really, really makes one wonder what happened to all the billions. I’ve seen photos of luggage belonging to big Ukrainian politicians or others leaving the country stuffed with $100 dollar bills.


17 posted on 05/14/2024 9:44:10 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Nothing Can Stop What Coming)
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