Top U.S. officials on Thursday unveiled $2.8 billion in new military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine and Eastern European allies, marking a shift from just-in-time weapons transfers to Ukraine to a longer-term effort to equip nations all across NATO’s eastern front.
The announcements came as Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Kyiv for his second trip since the start of the war, while Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Mark Milley huddled at Ramstein Air Base in Germany to discuss the war in Ukraine with dozens of their counterparts from around the world.
The immediate aid for the Ukrainian military comes in the form of a new $675 million transfer of U.S. stocks, including more ammunition, armored vehicles and anti-armor weapons. But the more expansive $2.2 billion military financing package will be split in half, with roughly $1 billion going to Ukraine and $1 billion spread between 18 of Kyiv’s regional neighbors extending from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, cutting a wide swath along Russia’s entire western border.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/08/after-arming-ukrain…
Jaak