Before today — earlier this month — the U.S. Department of Defense had this update on assistance that’s been sent to Ukraine during the Biden administration:
Capabilities in this package include equipment the Ukrainians are using effectively to defend their country such as:
1. 75,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition;
2. Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS).
In total, the United States has committed approximately $8.8 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden Administration. Since 2014, the United States has committed more than $10 billion in security assistance to Ukraine.
To meet its evolving battlefield requirements, the United States will continue to work with its Allies and partners to provide Ukraine with key capabilities.
Fast forward to today, and now even more aid is being sent to Ukraine. Let’s start with the weapons and equipment:
NEW: US announces $1 billion in security assistance to #Ukraine
Includes ammo for #HIMARS, artillery ammo, mortar systems 7 rounds, #NASAMS munitions, 1,000 #Javelins, etc. pic.twitter.com/mQ8zbRWwjm
— Jeff Seldin (@jseldin) August 8, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon announces $1 billion in new military aid for Ukraine, in the largest-yet delivery of arms from US stockpiles.
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) August 8, 2022
But wait, there’s more! Ukraine is also getting a billion dollars worth of U.S. weapons and another $4.5 billion in cash:
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New today: US announces another $1 billion military package for Ukraine including more ammo for HIMARS. And USAID announces $4.5 billion in economic aid to the Ukrainian government
— Josh Lederman (@JoshNBCNews) August 8, 2022
Here’s the weapons aid announcement from the Defense Department:
Attributed to Acting Pentagon Press Secretary Todd Breasseale:
Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announces the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $1 billion to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs. This authorization is the Biden Administration’s eighteenth drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. It is the largest single drawdown of U.S. arms and equipment utilizing this authority, and this package provides a significant amount of additional ammunition, weapons, and equipment – the types of which the Ukrainian people are using so effectively to defend their country.
And here’s the cash announcement from USAID:
NEWS: The 🇺🇸, through USAID in coordination with the @USTreasury, is providing an additional $4.5 billion in direct budgetary support to the Government of Ukraine 🇺🇦 to help alleviate the acute budget deficit caused by Putin’s brutal war of aggression. https://t.co/dnWEAV9eK0
— USAID (@USAID) August 8, 2022
They should have had Jessica Chastain deliver the latest pile of cash while she was in Ukraine.
87,000 new IRS agents yesterday.
$4.5 billion more is being sent to Ukraine today.
When will Joe Biden and Congress start doing things that actually help working Americans?
— Senator Michael Rulli (@michaelrulli) August 8, 2022
When Biden was running for president he made it clear that if he were elected the days of Trump’s “America first” policies were over, and he wasn’t joking.
Americans: Could you stop ruining our economy
Democrats: Best I can do is 87,000 more IRS agents and $4.5 billion more to Ukraine pic.twitter.com/HuChD7Ky8E
— Kangmin Lee ✞ (@kangminjlee) August 8, 2022
Because, of course, in a time of rising inflation the proper response is to print more money…
These people are complete idiots. Bent on destroying this country. https://t.co/AprWixc7QP
— Jeff Carlson (@themarketswork) August 8, 2022
They just voted to raise your taxes and do more audit
Ever week they send Ukraine a few more billion that’s completely unaudited https://t.co/2XW2pvvcXC
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) August 8, 2022
Send all those new IRS agents to Ukraine and have them find out what’s actually happening to all this money (yeah, we know that’ll never happen).
This is why the IRS was militarized. Screw this. https://t.co/1Gs42LIokt
— Monica Matthews On Air 🇺🇸🇹🇼 (@monicaonairtalk) August 8, 2022
The Biden Admin is sending an additional $4.5 billion to Ukraine.
At what point does spending & printing more money than you have become unsustainable?
I guess we’re about to find out.
— Elisa Martinez (@elisa1121) August 8, 2022
Coincidental timing has been spotted:
Hmmm… Crazy timing that CBS just walked back their story saying no one has any clue where most of the weapons are going. https://t.co/lToGmhSPix pic.twitter.com/CO2zkO57Xh
— Whispers of Dementia (@mgEyesOpen) August 8, 2022
Is it possible that a “journalist” at CBS News got a call from somebody at the White House?
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