Posted on 06/12/2021 8:16:40 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The United States will allocate another $150 million to Ukraine to help the country bolster its borders against Russia, the Pentagon announced Friday.
The $150 million package for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative "includes training, equipment, and advisory efforts to help Ukraine’s forces preserve the country’s territorial integrity, secure its borders, and improve interoperability with NATO,” according to a Defense Department statement.
The money — used to help Ukraine better defend itself against Russian aggression and funded through foreign military financing with the State Department — will fund "counter-artillery radars, counter-unmanned aerial systems, secure communications gear, electronic warfare and military medical evacuation equipment, and training and equipment to improve the operational safety and capacity of Ukrainian Air Force bases," the statement notes.
The dollars, appropriated by Congress for fiscal 2021, were conditional on Ukraine's progress on defense reforms and anti-corruption efforts.
The Defense Department "was able to certify that Ukraine has made sufficient progress on defense reforms this year," Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said later on Friday.
The Pentagon "continues to encourage Ukraine to enact reforms that are in line with NATO principles and standards to advance its Euro-Atlantic aspirations," Kirby added.
The Pentagon also allocated $125 million to Ukraine back in March. Those dollars went toward two armed Mark VI patrol boats; counter-artillery radars and tactical equipment; support for a satellite imagery and analysis capability; and equipment for military medical treatment and combat evacuation procedures.
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How much of a cut will Hunter and the big guy get on this deal?
What the Hell! What about our border with Mexico? SOB’s!!
All of it!!
but they won’t spend a cent on protecting our own border.
Well the purpose of this is easy to see.
So now the Biden administration is resorting to bribes in order to cover up all of the Biden’s illegal activity there.
Anyone Remember that the Ukraine had an arrest warrant out for Joe Biden. I am sure that disappeared?
Joe was bribing officials there. He had a prosecutor there fired in order to protect his family. The Biden’s set up front companies there in order to launder these kinds of funds back to themselves and other criminal players.
Anyone awake yet?
We have given them billions, but this one expenditure literally means the taxes paid across the lifetime of 280 Americans went to Ukraine, one of the most corrupt nations on earth.
Every dime you paid in taxes in your entire life, given away to a place like that.
Nice that we are securing their border. They should build a wall.
150 million that could have gone to finishing the border wall...........
In the event of a “hot” war in the Donbass, the Russians will turn this new kit into scrap heap in under 150 minutes.
US military aid to Ukraine (USAI) is not given in the form of money to Ukraine but is US military equipment that is purchased in the US and transferred to Ukraine.
https://securityassistance.org/publications/security-assistance-in-focus-ukraine/
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That’s a lota blankets and MREs!
didnt once upon a time, this financial backing was Top Secret??
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