The U.S. will send Ukraine the full $6 billion in outstanding military aid before President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated on Jan. 20, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said at a briefing on Nov. 7.

Previously, Politico reported that U.S. President Joe Biden was rushing to deliver the remaining $6 billion by the end of his term out of fear that a Trump administration might halt weapons shipments to Ukraine.

Ukraine will receive $4 billion under the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), which pulls weapons from U.S. stocks, and $2 billion from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), Singh told reporters.

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  • @PugJesus
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    15 days ago

    This will likely be the last shipment of aid provided.

    Out of everything, this is one of the harder things for me to take. The US voted for this shithead, but the Ukrainian people are the ones who will suffer because of him. Because of us.

    • rhythmisaprancer
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      From what little I have read, it seems like broader Europe is working towards that and other things without the US, but some countries have their own right wing issues.

      • @[email protected]
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        2815 days ago

        And sadly when EU was formed this crazy shit was just outside of even imagination. Now a couple of stupids can really hinder it, if not block completely…

        • @[email protected]
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          1615 days ago

          I was hoping that if somehow, somehow Orbán was gotten rid of in my country, the EU would be free of this plague. Now not even that would solve it.

          • @[email protected]
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            2015 days ago

            I know right? Poland got their shit together too, but Slovakia lost it completely… sigh

    • @Pilferjinx
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      We’ll have to rely on Europe to get it’s shit together. It doesn’t look good though.

      • @DandomRude
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        15 days ago

        Are you also relying on Europe to get its shit together when it comes to climate change? I think you still don’t understand how fucked the world is because US citizens did not get their shit together and voted for Trump.

        • @Pilferjinx
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          3015 days ago

          That’s quite the topic change there. But, no, I have no optimism about climate change.

          • @DandomRude
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            1215 days ago

            Neither do I, because the US citizens elected Trump, who will both betray our friends in Ukraine and withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. These are just two of his future misdeeds, which are completely foreseeable. Thank you dear allies from the US, you are really very helpful.

          • @DandomRude
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            I’m not saying that European climate policy in recent decades hasn’t also been disastrous. I’m just tired of reading these whataboutism comments that try to shift the blame somewhere else instead of simply admitting responsibility for one’s own actions and decisions. This isn’t about national pride, which I generally consider to be dull-witted by the way, but about a future worth living.