The project was released after online negotiations the presidents of the United States and the Russian Federation, Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, wrote Reuters.
According to the text of the document on the defense budget for 2022 (NDAA), US military spending will amount to $ 770 billion.
Specifically, next year’s NDAA includes $ 300 million in funding from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which provides support to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
On “increasing the initiative to promote the security of Ukraine by $ 50 million” in the US Congress reported on September 17, the Ukrainian Ambassador to Washington Oksana Markarova.
The US defense budget agreed by both houses of Congress will go to Biden for signature.
V US defense budget for 2021, $ 740 billion is provided for spending on weapons, personnel, operations abroad and other defense issues. The document, in particular, provides for $ 250 million of military assistance to Ukraine.
In early March, the US Department of Defense approved a security assistance package for Ukraine for $ 125 million, it includes the provision of equipment and advice to the Ukrainian military. The Pentagon has confirmed its intention to provide Ukraine with lethal defensive weapons. In June, the U.S. Department of Defense approved the second part of security assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 150 million.
In early September 2021, as part of the working visit of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Washington, the governments of the countries signed an agreement on a strategic framework for a defense partnership between the ministries of defense of Ukraine and the United States. The agreement, in particular, provided for the allocation of an additional $ 60 million to Ukraine.
The document said that American assistance would include Javelin armor-piercing systems and other lethal and non-lethal defensive equipment, “which will allow Ukraine to more effectively defend itself against Russian aggression.”
From 2014 to December 2020, the United States provided assistance to Ukraine in total more than $ 4.1 billion.
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