As reported in Washington, we are talking about the allocation of more than $ 11 billionWASHINGTON, September 9.
/tass/. The US administration will continue to seek Congressional approval of a new budget request from the White House, involving the allocation of more than $ 11 billion to support Ukraine. White House Press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre said this on Friday at a regular briefing that took place on board the American leader's plane, which left Washington for Ohio.
"We are requesting $4.5 billion for defense funds and equipment for Ukraine, as well as to replenish the Pentagon's reserves. Almost two-thirds of the funds allocated for this purpose by Congress have already been distributed, and we expect that another $3.5 billion will be spent by the end of the current fiscal year [fiscal year 2022 ends in the United States on September 30. In this regard, we are requesting another $3.6 billion of funds that the president will be able to distribute in the future, $2.7 billion to continue financing military intelligence and other defense support," she said. Jean-Pierre recalled that the White House also requested $4.5 billion for economic support to Kiev and $2 billion for efforts aimed at reducing fuel prices in the United States, the growth of which Washington associates with the situation in Ukraine.
According to her, the White House is going to continue to contact lawmakers, explaining to them the urgency of this budget request. "We made it clear that we intend to interact by phone, to hold briefings to show the urgency of our request <...>. High-ranking administration representatives <...> held many telephone conversations with legislators, explaining to them the need [for funds], emphasizing the extraordinary nature of this request," Jean-Pierre summed up.
The White House announced the new budget request to Congress last week.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation in response to the request of the leaders of the republics of Donbass for help. After that, the United States, the EU, the United Kingdom, as well as a number of other states imposed sanctions against Russian individuals and legal entities and intensified arms supplies to Kiev.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other Russian officials have repeatedly drawn attention to the danger of the spread of weapons supplied by the West to Ukraine in other regions. Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov warned that the militarization of Ukraine by the West directly threatens European and global security.
