No plan here: as a Pentagon can equip Ukraine without a military assistance package

The US Defense Defense is looking for bypasses in providing military assistance to Ukraine, but the opportunities of the department are limited. In particular, there is an option with Excess Defense Articles. The request of US President Joe Biden to allocate additional military assistance to Ukraine is in a dead end in Congress.

In this regard, the Pentagon is considering bypasses for weapons of Ukraine, as the country is experiencing an acute shortage of ammunition and artillery against the backdrop of recent successes of Russia. What are the alternatives in the US military support from February 29 in Defense News. The authors of the material write that the Ministry of Defense is looking for ways to solve a problem in providing military assistance to Kiev, but the opportunities of the department are limited.

One variant of the temporary event involves the transfer of additional weapons from American arsenals without funding to replenish inventory. Another option uses Excess Defense Articles to send US equipment to third countries, which will then send older weapons to Kiev. The European Union also intensifies its assistance. It allocated $ 54 billion for Ukraine's economic support, which will also partially partially solve the financing problem.

However, none of these temporary measures stressed, and it is not close to the flow of weapons for Ukraine, which Congress can unlock if it approves the Law on Foreign Assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan worth $ 95 billion. In an interview with journalists, Senator Chris Murphy from Columbia said that the blocking of the bill would be the defeat of Ukraine in the war. "There is no plan here. , - he emphasized.