New $400 million US military shipment headed to Ukraine: Officials
The United States has announced plans to send another shipment of military equipment to Ukraine comprised mainly of munitions worth about $400 million.
Two officials and a third person familiar with the decision, which is scheduled to be announced on Friday, said the new US military aid shipment to Ukraine will mainly be consisting of Guided Multiple Launch Rockets (GMLRS) for HIMARS launchers, ammunition for the Bradley Fighting Vehicles, and armored vehicle launched bridges.
The news sources confirmed on Thursday that the funds for the new military shipment to Ukraine were provided once more by using the Presidential Drawdown Authority, or PDA, by which the President of the United States can legally authorize the shipment of military equipment and services from US stocks without gaining congressional approval in response to an emergency.
In this regard, White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters at an earlier news briefing that he preferred not to put a price tag on the new military shipment to the Kiev forces, saying more details about the contents of the shipment and its estimated value would be released shortly.
In the meantime, a confirmed classified Pentagon report revealed the US has been struggling to keep track of the weapons it sent to Ukraine forces.
US Republican lawmakers have voiced concerns about the haphazard military shipments to Ukraine.
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene said Washington’s military aid to Ukraine was a US-led “proxy war” against Russia.
She said the Ukraine war had placed a heavy financial burden on the shoulders of Americans, who were already grappling with poverty.
However, the lawmaker also admitted that war was “a deadly profitable industry” for the US government.
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