Land-Lease worth $33 billion and confiscations: how the US will help Ukraine win
On Thursday, April 28, US legislators have adopted a law which allows the Joe Biden administration to launch a giant Land-Lease program for military and economic aid to Ukraine. The United States will provide funding for it from its budget, as well as from the accounts of russian oligarchs. To do this, Joe Biden asked Congress for $33 billion and proposed a law on the seizure of frozen assets of russia. Mind has learned what exactly is this money supposed to be spent on.
Earlier in March, the United States approved a $13.6 billion aid package for Ukraine, which included $3.5 billion to replenish US arms supplies to Ukraine. The White House's new $33 billion request includes $20 billion for weapons, ammunition and other military needs, $8.5 billion for direct economic aid to the government of Ukraine and $3 billion for humanitarian aid and food supplies. Ukraine should have enough of these funds by September.
“The cost of this fight is not cheap, but caving to aggression is going to be more costly if we allow it to happen,” Biden said on Thursday. He added: “We either back Ukrainian people as they defend their country, or we stand by as the russians continue their atrocities.”
The Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi also made a statement, calling the war in Ukraine a battle between democracy and autocracy and reiterated Roosevelt's call on Americans to provide fuel in order to let the light of democracy burn.
“Our task remains the same today. The Ukrainian people are fighting for all of us,” said Nancy Pelosi.
May 9, 2022