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submitted 7 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

The US will send $300m (£234m) in military weapons to Ukraine, including ammunition, rockets and anti-aircraft missiles, the White House has said.

The surprise announcement comes as a bill in Congress to send further aid to Ukraine stalls amid partisan debate.

The US shipment, the first in nearly three months, is intended to prevent Ukraine from losing ground to Russia.

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said this aid "is nowhere near enough to meet Ukraine's battlefield needs".

"This ammunition will keep Ukraine's guns firing for a period, but only a short period," Mr Sullivan told reporters on Tuesday, adding that "it will not prevent Ukraine from running out of ammunition."

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[-] twistypencil@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago

Can someone explain if the white house can do this, why didn't they do it before and we had to wade through partisan nonsense?

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 25 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The White House had a budget previously approved by Congress for Pentagon operations, and that budget was not fully expended due to internal cost savings, giving the WH room to reallocate some of it. But this is just a drop in the bucket, Congress needs to act on the larger support package and provide dedicated funds for the effort.

[-] TBi@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should. Politically it may cause issues. Diplomacy is usually the best route.

[-] harderian729@lemmy.world -3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Wow, it's like you said nothing about anything.

You would make a great politician.

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