Commentary With the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 in direct violation of Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter, Washington has shifted into overdrive to marshal support for Ukraine. This includes an avalanche of speeches and the rapid passage of a $13.6 billion “Ukraine military aid bill” that was, fittingly (and ironically), the Potemkin façade for the Biden administration’s “$1.5. trillion spending bill that funds the government through Sept. 30.” As posted on the House Appropriations Committee website, of that $13.6 billion “Ukraine supplemental appropriation,” only $6.528 billion goes to the Department of Defense: $3.028 billion for European Command operations mission support, the deployment of personnel to the region, and intelligence support. $3.5 billion to replenish U.S. equipment stocks sent to Ukraine through drawdown. The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development received the bulk of the rest of the funding (around $6.77 billion), aimed …
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