As Week 123 of Putin’s rampage through Ukraine and again we stop to take stock of the situation.
The week’s big news is that the US has released another $2.3 billion in security assistance. This aid package comes in the form of $150 million in Presidential Drawdown Authority and $2.2 billion in Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative funding. This money was appropriated by Congress earlier in the year. As is the practice, this tranche of security assistance covers equipment and munitions in stock that are transferred to Ukraine. The funding backfills the drawdown or is used to purchase weapons, equipment, and munitions from US manufacturers. It is not money transferred to Ukraine.
At the same time, European NATO pledged €40 billion in military aid. Please take a close look at the numbers. I caught some flack in the comments to my Wednesday post on Trump’s plan to end the war in…
