Russian offensive: the United States adopts a new budget with 14 billion for Ukraine

Rare fact, in an American Congress accustomed to political quarrels, the Democrats and the Republicans have joined forces to support Ukraine, which has been attacked for more than 15 days now by Russia.

In the federal budget of 1,500 billion dollars, Congress has decided to allocate an envelope of 14 billion for countries at war.

Approved the day before by the House of Representatives, the text was voted on by senators in the evening.

This sum includes an economic and humanitarian component but also arms and ammunition for Kiev.

It must also allow Ukraine to protect its electricity network, fight cyberattacks and equip itself with defensive weapons.

The package also includes more than $2.6 billion in humanitarian aid and more than $1 billion to support refugees fleeing the war-torn country.

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The envelope "will provide food, medicine, shelter, support for more than two million refugees and resources for Ukraine's crumbling economy," Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement. adding: “It will also allow the transfer of weapons such as the Javelin and Stinger

, it will reassure and strengthen NATO.

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Helping Ukrainian “continuity of government”

This sum also aims to cover macroeconomic needs to continue to run the country by ensuring "the continuity of government" as the IMF and the World Bank have already done.

Since the annexation of Crimea in 2014, the United States has already provided more than $3 billion in weapons, equipment and other supplies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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But of that $14 billion, a large chunk, in fact nearly half, of those funds will go directly to the US military.

This will ensure funding for the deployment of troops in the region.

In addition, several million dollars will also be used to finance the American economic response against Moscow, starting with the sanctions against Russian oligarchs.

“We absolutely must quickly fund the urgent aid that Ukraine and our allies on the eastern flank of NATO need now,” he argued.