As reported in Washington, part of these funds will be spent on weapons and weapons systems, part will go to direct financial assistanceMOSCOW, September 3.
/tass/. The White House expects that the US Congress will approve a request for the allocation of $ 11.7 billion for financial assistance to Ukraine. This was stated on Saturday by the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council (NSC) of the White House, John Kirby, in an interview with the Dozhd TV channel (recognized in the Russian media as a foreign agent).
"If we receive support from the Congress, and we certainly hope that we will receive it, part of these funds will allow us to extend the security assistance that we are already providing to Ukraine until the end of this year," he said. "The aid that has already been allocated has been used by 75%, it will last only until the end of the fiscal year, it's a month or two, we would like to have a reserve."
According to Kirby, part of these funds will be spent on weapons and weapons systems, part will go to direct financial assistance, which "will allow the Ukrainian government to finance its emergency services."
"Another part will be used for other development purposes. We will continue to work closely with Congress to see if we can get approval for our additional request," he added.
On Friday, the White House press service reported that the administration of President Joe Biden intends to request $11.7 billion from Congress for weapons and assistance for Ukraine.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation in connection with the request of the leaders of the republics of Donbass for help. He stressed that Moscow's plans do not include the occupation of Ukrainian territories, and the goals are demilitarization and denazification of the country. The West, in response to Russia's decision, began gradually imposing numerous and large-scale sanctions against it. Along with this, Western states have begun to supply weapons and military equipment to Kiev for amounts estimated at this stage in the tens of billions of dollars.
A number of Western politicians have admitted that it is, in fact, an economic war against Russia. As Putin stated on March 16, the Western sanctions policy towards Moscow has all the signs of aggression. He pointed out that the policy of containing Russia is a long-term strategy of the West.
