US announces $5.9 billion in military and budget aid to Ukraine
US announces $5.9 billion in military and budget aid to Ukraine
Summary
The U.S. announced $5.9 billion in additional aid to Ukraine, including $2.5 billion in military support and $3.4 billion in budget assistance, as President Biden finalizes his term.
This brings total U.S. military aid since 2022 to $61.4 billion and budget aid to over $30 billion, supporting Ukraine’s government and military amid intensifying Russian attacks.
Biden emphasized the importance of continued support, though uncertainty looms under Trump, who has questioned U.S. involvement.
Treasury Secretary Yellen warned against cutting aid, calling Ukraine’s success vital to U.S. interests.
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Imagine 91.4 billion dollars going to the country that the tax payer money came from.
Imagine if the US didn't do a lend-lease deal to the USSR during WWII... There wouldn't be a Russia today. Most of Europe would be known as "Germany". And Japan would be ruling most of the Pacific.
The U.S. gave a ton of military aid to countries getting invaded by the Nazis too.
What a terrible idea, am I right?
It's a proxy war so the US military industrial complex and politicians can make more money. It's unfortunate two countries are fighting but it's not the problem of the US people. Also you can't fix other's problems if you (the USA) have too many problems of your own that need attending to first. I would not compare this to WWII, and hopefully it doesn't turn into a nuclear WWIII because of the US antagonizations.
Russia is the only antagonist here.
I disagree. NATO kept pushing military equipment closer and closer to Russia when that went against the initial agreement years back.
Nations are allowed to determine who they ally themselves with. I mean, Russia keeps pushing their version of NATO. Does that mean the US is allowed to start invading countries, with that excuse?
Can we invade Russia because they are "moving to close to us"?
So this is a reason for a war of aggression?
I mean Hitler had the same narrative about Polen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_September_1939_Reichstag_speech?wprov=sfla1
WWII was also a proxy war before the U.S. got directly involved.
I would absolutely compare this to WWII. This is the invasion of Poland and Putin had his sights on Moldova as well originally. He's also working on his own axis of power with North Korea and Iran.
I truly believe WW3 has already begun. The big question is what side the US will end up on.
WWII was also a proxy war before the U.S. got directly involved.
fucking lol.
It was Germany, Japan, and Italy (And Russia initially) trying to conquer the globe. Nothing very "proxy" about that.
It’s a proxy war
It is?
So, Russia is a puppet of the US?