Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said that the United States does not yet plan to allocate money to Ukraine from other items in the defense budget, but maintains the possibility if necessary. This was reported by RIA News.
“Reprogramming (moving funds from one line of the defense budget to another) is always an option in cases of urgent need, but as far as I know at this time, no decision has been made to reprogram to support Ukraine’s security,” Ryder said. aforementioned.
He added that the Pentagon plans to work with the US Congress to allocate additional funds for arms supplies to Ukraine.
Before that, Republican Senator Rand Paul statedThere is a “growing movement” in the US House of Representatives to completely cut additional funding to Ukraine.
According to him, this situation mainly affects the congressmen of the Republican Party, which holds the majority in the lower house of the American parliament.
Previously Netherlands and Denmark approvedThe USA approved the sending of F-16 warplanes to Ukraine.