The U.S. will send Ukraine the full $6 billion in outstanding military aid before President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated on Jan. 20, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said at a briefing on Nov. 7.

Previously, Politico reported that U.S. President Joe Biden was rushing to deliver the remaining $6 billion by the end of his term out of fear that a Trump administration might halt weapons shipments to Ukraine.

Ukraine will receive $4 billion under the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), which pulls weapons from U.S. stocks, and $2 billion from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), Singh told reporters.

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    16 days ago

    Let’s be perfectly clear though that pulling back on foreign military aid will in no way help the American people under the Trump administration. None of that “saved money” will go anywhere other than being diverted to loyal business owner interests.

    Except now you have a hostile nation in Russia being let loose in Eastern Europe.