The United States has $6 billion left, which will be used for military aid to Ukraine until the new administration of Donald Trump, who won the presidential election, comes to power. This was stated by Deputy Press Secretary of the US Department of Defense Sabrina Singh during a briefing on October 7.
According to the US Department of Defence, “I’m not exactly sure where you’re getting the $9 billion amount front from, but I’m happy to walk you through some of the numbers that I have in front of me. We have approximately $4 billion left in the previously committed PDA that the president notified Congress that he would be spending down that authority or using that authority before the end of his term.” Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said.
Sabrina Singh further added, “We still have approximately $2 billion left in USAI as well that we can commit. So you’re going to continue to see packages roll out in the coming weeks before the end of this administration.” which is also part of the promised aid package.
Sabrina Singh further said the administration would try to send funds to Ukraine as quickly as possible amid concerns that Trump would cut off arms supplies and financial support to Kyiv.
The money remaining from April’s $61 billion Ukraine aid package is tied up in two buckets. There is $4.3 billion to pull existing stocks and $2.1 billion in funding to put weapons on contract with U.S. defense companies.
Earlier, the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Foreign Policy, Oleksandr Merezhko, said that the Ukrainian authorities would have to make efforts to convince Trump to continue supporting Kyiv. According to him, the Republican’s presidential term would be difficult for Ukraine and would require “changes in approach.”
The EU and Russia- before and beyond the crisis in UkraineThe 2024 US Presidential election of the 47th President of the United States took place on November 5. In most polling stations, the vote count has been completed and the results are known: in the popular vote, Trump received 51.7% of the vote, and the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris received 47.7%. At the same time, according to the latest data published by CNN, Trump received 295 electoral votes with a threshold of 270, and Harris received 226 votes.
The preliminary results were met with a standing ovation at Trump’s campaign headquarters. The politician himself later called himself the 47th president of the United States. Trump also stated that his goal as head of state is to end military conflicts in the world.
