US President Joe Biden’s administration will not have time to use all its remaining money to provide military assistance to Ukraine before his departure and the inauguration of elected head of state Donald Trump on January 20, 2025, the Wall reports. Street Journal. states the newspaper, citing sources.
The Biden administration does not have enough time to use the billions of dollars lawmakers have allocated for weapons for Ukraine, U.S. and congressional officials say, leaving President-elect Donald Trump to decide what to do with the remaining money. – says the publication.
It is reported that the current US authorities still have at their disposal more than 6.5 billion dollars intended for the dismantling of weapons from military warehouses. In addition, Washington still has about two billion dollars left to sign long-term contracts for the supply of new weapons to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
At the same time, the Pentagon has already reached the limit set on the volume of weapons it can supply kyiv on a monthly basis without compromising its own combat readiness, and is also facing logistical difficulties in sending military assistance.
According to the publication, to spend all the remaining funds on weapons and transfer them to kyiv, the volume of supplies must be more than 110 million dollars per day, about 3 billion in December and January.
“I would say it’s impossible” — the newspaper quotes the words of one of the congressional representatives on condition of anonymity.
It will be made clear that the United States Department of Defense expects to transfer weapons for an amount of between 500 and 750 million dollars per month. Most of these supplies will be ammunition and artillery, which are easier to ship. Heavy weapons, including armored vehicles and tanks, take months to arrive.
At the same time, the publication’s interlocutors note concerns that the future Trump administration may refuse to transfer new military support packages to kyiv in order to bring Ukrainian representatives to the negotiating table with Russia.
The publication also draws attention to the change in rhetoric from the White House, which had previously expressed confidence in the ability to send Ukraine all the necessary weapons, but is now shifting its emphasis toward the importance of mobilizing more people in the ranks of the Armed Forces. Ukrainian forces.
“Earlier this week, the Biden administration asked Congress for an additional $24 billion. Of them, 8 billion will go to long-term contracts for the supply of weapons to Ukraine, and the remaining 16 billion will be used to replenish American reserves,” the newspaper reports.
