US Deputy Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander said that in the view of the US administration, Ukraine should start paying for the weapons supplied to it on its own. She made the relevant statement at a hearing on the Congressional House of Representatives Appropriations Committee she. TASS.
As Representative Mike Garcia (R-Calif.) points out, although it is currently experiencing difficulties, it would make a big difference to US taxpayers that Kiev starts to acquire guns instead of getting them for free. In response, Wallander pointed out that Ukrainian officials have yet to “make any major acquisitions from American (military) companies.”
“They don’t have capacity on this scale in their budget right now, but they need to start buying some (military) assets,” he said.
According to Wallander, it’s “a very good idea” that the United States should start Ukraine “to start planning its own defense spending and everything else we’re going to do to support it.”
February 20 US President Joe Biden declarationAccording to the White House chief, where Washington will provide Kiev with a new $500 million military aid package, the new package will include HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems already used by Ukrainian soldiers in the special operations zone.
Konstantin Zatulin, former Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Citizens Affairs acceptedThat Washington would stop helping the Kiev regime if Poland annexed part of Ukraine.