President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeated a claim that the United States has spent $350 billion on Ukraine’s war — a figure that far eclipses the amount recorded by the Department of Defense and the interagency oversight group that tracks U.S. appropriations to Ukraine.

Since Russia’s illegal invasion in February 2022, the U.S. Congress has appropriated about $183 billion for Ukraine, according to the interagency oversight group that is charged with presenting reports to Congress.

Of that, the Pentagon confirmed to VOA that the U.S. has sent $65.9 billion in military aid to Ukraine, and an additional $3.9 billion that Congress has authorized in military aid to Kyiv remains unspent.

About $58 billion of the $183 billion in total aid for Ukraine was spent in the U.S., going directly toward boosting the U.S. defense industry, either by replacing old U.S. weapons given to Kyiv with new American-made weapons, by procuring new U.S.-made weapons for Kyiv or by making direct industrial investments.

    • @FauxLiving
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      72 days ago

      I’m starting to think this guy isn’t a straight shooter…

  • Shawdow194
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    About $58 billion of the $183 billion in total aid for Ukraine was spent in the U.S., going directly toward boosting the U.S. defense industry, either by replacing old U.S. weapons given to Kyiv with new American-made weapons, by procuring new U.S.-made weapons for Kyiv or by making direct industrial investments.

    This is what I think people forget sometimes. We are sending them expired/nearly expired ammunition. It’s literally a win/win for everyone!

    Slava Ukraini!

  • @vegeta
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    …,figures do not support Trump claims……full stop

  • @[email protected]
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    62 days ago

    Breaking News : Trump and DOGE announce VoA will be shut down for totally unrelated cost cutting reasons.

  • Llamatron
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    73 days ago

    Lying liar lies. Who’da thunk it

  • @[email protected]
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    63 days ago

    His base just ignores reality so hard to hide from ever feeling accountable for this mess.