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US pledges $60M in military aid to Ukraine ahead of Zelensky visit
The Hill ^ | 08/31/2021 | Laura Kelly

Posted on 08/31/2021 11:34:55 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

is pledging to provide Ukraine with $60 million in military aid ahead of his first face-to-face meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday.

President Biden made the announcement official in a notification sent to Congress, saying the military assistance package is needed to help Ukraine to defend itself from increasing Russian aggression, for “critical border security and self-defense needs.”

“Russia’s buildup along the Ukrainian border has highlighted capability shortfalls in the Ukrainian military’s ability to defend against a Russian incursion,” the notification reads.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 202108; buildup; military; russianbuildup; russianinvasion; ukraine; visit; zelensky
They must have bought Hunters art...
1 posted on 08/31/2021 11:34:55 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Big Guy gets 10%.


2 posted on 08/31/2021 11:36:08 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

You beat me to it. Especially in the Ukraine, where he’s meddled before.


3 posted on 08/31/2021 11:38:19 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Instead of pledging 60 million in aid, wouldn’t it simply be better to go to war with Ukraine and then leave them 80 billion dollars of state of the art military equipment?


4 posted on 08/31/2021 11:40:37 AM PDT by Enterprise
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They have to feel ripped off since we just gave the Taliban 60 billion in aid.


5 posted on 08/31/2021 11:40:41 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: Enterprise
Instead of pledging 60 million in aid, wouldn’t it simply be better to go to war with Ukraine and then leave them 80 billion dollars of state of the art military equipment?

"The Mouse That Roared"

6 posted on 08/31/2021 11:43:09 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Looked at my watch and “six hours later... Son of a b-tch! They fired the Prosecutor”!

Do we have a transcript of JoeBama with Zelensky-— “paging Lt. Col “whistleblower” Vindmann of the NSC spy brigade and his pal Eric Ciaramella of the See Eye Ehhh who WORKED FOR BIDEN when Hunter was on Burisma’s BOD with Romney’s former campaign manager Cofer Black?

“Lt. Col. Vindmann to a WHITE page phone,,,, paging white pages.”

Or maybe ask the bright boy Adam “Joe Buck” Schiff the fake-@ss protector of a cabal of criminals.


7 posted on 08/31/2021 11:46:01 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What is the % to be kicked back to Dr. Jill & Co. ?

Romney?


8 posted on 08/31/2021 11:46:05 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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To: Enterprise

Yes— they should sure use the billions in hardware the US left in Afghanistan. Seriously very good point.


9 posted on 08/31/2021 11:47:03 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

More assault blankets and broken gear for Ukraine. Lucky them.


10 posted on 08/31/2021 11:48:15 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: lodi90
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11 posted on 08/31/2021 12:03:50 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (‘’)
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I could use 60 million dollars and I’m just a regular American. Obviously My government should give me stuff over some foreign country.


12 posted on 08/31/2021 12:09:48 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

We should not be giving this corrupt, illegitimate regime a single red cent.


13 posted on 08/31/2021 12:12:53 PM PDT by Mariner (War criminal #18)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’d tell Ukraine that there’s billions of dollars of military equipment in Afghanistan. All they have to do is go get it.


14 posted on 08/31/2021 12:28:47 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: ChicagoConservative27
US pledges $60M in military aid to Ukraine ahead of Zelensky visit

The Uke Nazis have promised to supply Xiden all the Little Girls he can fondle.

15 posted on 08/31/2021 12:49:08 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Good grief. Stop giving away our borrowed money. Ridiculous!


16 posted on 08/31/2021 2:30:00 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 )
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