The Pentagon overestimated the value of the weapons it has sent to Ukraine by at least $3 billion, freeing up more funds for additional aid to Kyiv.
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, wins new military aid pledges as European allies fear a Trump return in the U.S. 2024 election.
The result, the official said, will be that the department will have more available funding authority to useTo date the U.S. has provided Ukraine nearly $37 billion in military aid since Russia invaded in February 2022. The bulk of that has been in weapons systems, millions of munitions and ammunition rounds, and an array of trucks, sensors, radars and other equipment pulled from Pentagon stockpiles and sent quickly to Ukraine.
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