It will take less than a week, U.S. officials say, for a resupply of some weapons to reach Ukraine once a $95 billion foreign bill clears Congress.

The Pentagon has a massive infusion of military aid for Ukraine “ready to go,” U.S. officials said, once a long-delayed funding measure, which is expected to pass the House this weekend, clears the Senate next week and President Biden signs it into law.

The Defense Department, which has warned that Ukraine would steadily cede more ground to Russian forces and face staggering casualties without urgent action on Capitol Hill, began assembling the assistance package well before the coming votes in a bid to speed the process, these people said.

One official, who like some others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the Biden administration’s planning, said that once the $95 billion foreign aid bill is finalized, it would take less than a week for some of the weapons to reach the battlefield, depending on where they are stored. The legislation includes about $60 billion for Ukraine, with most of the remainder slated for Israel and U.S. partners in Asia.

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    • golli@lemm.eeEnglish
      92·
      8 months ago

      And that automatically means that the larger military will win? Looking at Vietnam and Afghanistan …

      • capem@startrek.websiteEnglish
        24·
        8 months ago

        Yeah. Vietnam and afghanistan are identical to the war in Ukraine.

        It’s not like the US is on the other side of the world, or anything.

        Nope. They’re exactly the same.

        Anything to avoid admitting Ukraine is going to lose and you’ve been taken for a ride 🤣

    • Apollo42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      Its June 1940. France has surrendered, the continent has fallen, and what remains of the British army has just evacuated from Dunkirk leaving all of its heavy equipment behind. At this stage of the war the British army is outnumbered at least 12-1 by an enemy that is infitely better equipped than it.

      Should Britain have surrendered to the Nazis because they were losing to “a better army?”.

    • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      8 months ago

      Lol, the tankers with egg carton “reactive armor” and conscripts without shoes? Better than whom?