Pentagon sending Ukraine $6B in military aid — the largest package ever — with critical missile defenses

NY Post ^ | 04/26/2024 | Caitlin Doornbos

[ChicagoConservative27]

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Friday that the US is sending Ukraine its largest aid package to date — worth $6 billion — that will include munitions for Patriot missile defense systems that Kyiv has said could change the course of the war, but not the systems themselves.

The massive package comes just two days after a separate $1 billion tranche for Ukraine was announced upon President Biden signing a $95 billion foreign aid supplemental funding bill into law.

“The announcements this week underscore America’s enduring commitment to Ukraine’s defense,” Austin said after a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, held virtually from the Pentagon.

[ChicagoConservative27]

I smell a new Mercedes and a fur for the wife for Z and money laundering to boot.

[DesertRhino]

I hope they can hit it before it gets operational.

[canuck_conservative]

Welcome to FreeRussia, the home of Putin cheerleading, isolationism, and America-hating!

[Darksheare]

Didn’t you say you were leaving?

[canuck_conservative]

I signed up for a pro-American site

If FR is now FreeRussia, then FR already left me

[Liz]

$6 billion? Look for a lot of wealthy new Pentagon top brass retirees.

[Alter Kaker]

I smell a new Mercedes and a fur for the wife for Z and money laundering to boot.

Look at this $1.4 billion dollar 190,000 square foot palace he built for himself on the Black Sea Coast with public funds!

[Alter Kaker]

My mistake... apparently that’s one of Putin’s palaces.

[OldHarbor]

Leave Leaf🍁 !! Canuck Commies stay away .

[canuck_conservative]

What’s there to stay for?

More Russian lies, propaganda, and your petty personal insults?

FR used to be pleasant & informative ... these Ukraine-Russia threads are nothing but a hostile wasteland

[yuleeyahoo]

“The way I see it, unless we each conform, unless we obey orders, unless we follow our leaders blindly, there is no possible way we can remain free.”

-Major Frank Burns

[canuck_conservative]

And what if you don’t follow the rules?

You get Columbia University and downtown San Francisco

[Darksheare]

So tell me, how is fleecing the American taxpayer for a proxy war “pro-American”?

[AndyJackson]

If $6B is the largest package ever what happened to the other $120B? Was it all graft and corruption?

[escapefromboston]

I’m sure this will finally turn the tide for the Ukraine

[Magic Fingers]

“My mistake... apparently that’s one of Putin’s palaces.”

So? We’re not paying for his.

[canuck_conservative]

“fleecing”

LOL

You guys constantly whine about this 61 billion, but it’s only 1% of the total budget

AND, you guys always say squat about the OTHER 99% of spending - the over-bloated bureaucracy, the waste, the pork projects, etc. - nada

Given all that, it’s hard for anyone to take your claims about “only looking out for the taxpayer” seriously

[Magic Fingers]

“What’s there to stay for?”

Is anyone trying to convince you to stay? You should listen carefully to your instincts.

[Alter Kaker]

So? We’re not paying for his.

The hell we aren't. Biden is too c***s**t to sanction Russia's oil industry so we all are.

[canuck_conservative]

If FR is now FreeRussia, I am leaving

along with other good people fed up with the childish nonsense, who won’t say anything as they go ...