Ukraine’s ambassador reveals what over US$60 billion from US will be spent on
Pravda Ukraine
The budget request submitted by the White House to the US Congress on Friday includes about US$61.4 billion for Ukraine, of which US$46.1 billion is for defence spending and US$11.8 billion is for direct budget support.
Source: Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States, reported by European Pravda
Details: Markarova stressed that in American budget law, the request is the administration’s view of the budget, and the numbers should be analysed when this view is turned into a budget document within Congress.
The request includes US$105 billion, of which, as Markarova said, more than US$60 billion is for Ukraine or related to Ukraine.
At the same time, she explained that the main figures of the request are as follows:
- Defence spending: US$46.1 billion, of which US$30.6 billion is provided for programmes for the US Department of Defense.
- US$18 billion for replenishment of defence supplies from the US Department of Defense stockpile, reimbursement for defence services and military education and training provided to the Ukrainian government
- US$12 billion for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative
- US$1.7 billion for the US Department of State’s Foreign Military Financing programme for Ukraine and other US partners affected by the war in Ukraine
- US$14.4 billion for technical and intelligence support, increased arms production, cyber security, etc.
- US$14.75 billion for economic, financial, civilian and nuclear security including US$11.8 billion for direct budget support to Ukraine
- US$2.2 billion to support urgent recovery and programming needs in Ukraine and other conflict-affected countries in the region
- US$360 million to the Department of State to support the Ukrainian government in restoring and maintaining the rule of law, with a focus on recently liberated and war-affected areas
- US$100 million for the US Department of State for non-proliferation, counterterrorism, demining and related programmes
- Assistance in nuclear safety – US$149.5 million to the US National Nuclear Security Administration (US Department of Energy)
- Humanitarian aid includes US$481 million for programmes to support Ukrainians arriving in the United States under the Uniting for Ukraine programme
- In addition, it is proposed that Ukraine be allocated a significant portion of the funding provided for humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, Israel, and the affected regions (the breakdown by country has not yet been finalised): US$3.5 billion to provide humanitarian aid through US State Department programmes to Ukraine and Israel, as well as to regions affected by the situation in Israel and the war in Ukraine
- US$5.7 billion to fund USAID programmes to address the growing humanitarian needs caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine, the outbreak of the conflict in Gaza, and the cascading regional and global impact of these crises.
Markarova highlighted that this proposal could be brought for consideration in the US House of Representatives and voting can only take place after the issue of electing a Speaker is resolved.
Background: On Friday, 20 October, the White House requested nearly US$105 billion from the US Congress to fund assistance to Ukraine, Israel and US border security.
On 19 October, Joe Biden addressed the nation in a special prime-time speech at 20:00 Washington time, explaining why support for Ukraine and Israel is important to US national security.
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