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Biden team prepares to rush last minute aid to Ukraine (www.politico.com)
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[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 36 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You think they are venmoing Ukraine?

The aid is for weapons delivery via 2 paths:

  1. Write off appropriation and backfill of mothballed stock we already needed to rotate out or destroy, due to shelf life

  2. Net new construction of weapons for immediate delivery to Ukraine. That construction happens in the US and us partner nations, and provides the US valuable use Intel as a cherry on top.

It's valuable spending either way.

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There are also direct money transfers and guarantees for loans and other financial instruments.

As for mothballed weapons, it’s often cheaper to deliver them to Ukraine than to dispose of them.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That, along with Russia not congratulating Trump are the only things giving me some hope Trump might pivot with the right push. "We made an amazing deal, Ukraine will cheaply dispose of our old weapons and punish those filthy ungrateful Russians" would be very much on brand for Trump if you insert a bunch of rambling in the middle.