Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced a new $6 billion aid package for Ukraine after meeting with defense officials from dozens of countries.
signed his national security supplemental funding request into law that allocated roughly $60 billion for the Department of Defense to use to help Ukraine. Shortly after Biden signed the legislation into law, the department announced a
This package is being funded through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative using funding appropriated by the national security supplemental. This means the Pentagon will use the money to pay defense contractors to manufacture the assets that will then be provided to Ukraine.
Ukrainian troops were forced to ration ammunition and ultimately withdrew from the city of Avdiivka in February due to Congress’s holdup of Biden’s supplemental request.
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