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.

    • @VisstixEnglish
      68•5 days ago

      The US helped invade Ukraine? Wild.

    • @MutilationWaveEnglish
      46•5 days ago

      I don’t know how many times this needs to be explained, but this is not money. It is not stacks of cash we could use to hand out to the homeless, or to rent them apartments.

      This is war materiel. Artillery shells, vehicles, etc. It is assigned a dollar value. This is stuff we have sitting in warehouses, sometimes pretty old and in need of replacement anyway.

      I’m no fan of the military industrial complex, but these donations could even be seen as a way to create American jobs in American factories, building modern replacements for what is being sent.

      • @[email protected]English
        17•5 days ago

        For most of this stuff it would cost more to dispose of than it does to send it to Ukraine. And when they send the old stuff, someone gets a job creating new stuff to replace it.

      • @King3dEnglish
        4•4 days ago

        Well said. I’ve had countless conversations about this as well. Either people are too ignorant to understand military aid or are arguing in bad faith. It’s kind of insane how many upvotes these comments get.

    • @ManixTEnglish
      28•5 days ago

      Removed by mod

    • @[email protected]English
      16•5 days ago

      You do know we can do more than one thing at time, right? Increase taxes on the rich, reduce subsidies for fossil fuels, those are just two off the top of my head. So, yes, strictly speaking you’re right that a certain amount can help offset things, but it doesn’t mean it needs to come from here.

      Also, what do you mean by “we helped create”. Fairly certain the US didn’t tell Putin to go invade a sovereign country.

    • @jayboneEnglish
      11•5 days ago

      Oh do tell how we helped create this war. I can’t wait to hear this bullshit.

      EDIT tick tock MFer… taps watch