The outgoing administration of US President Joe Biden may not have time to send Ukraine the remaining $5.6bn in aid approved by the US Congress, The New York Times has reported, citing a senior US Defence Department official.
“We will continue to allocate packages as long as this administration remains. But $5.6bn is a substantial amount of authority, so I assume some will be transferred to the next administration and will remain at its disposal,” The New York Times quoted an unnamed senior US Defence Department official as saying.
The newspaper noted that Washington plans to announce additional aid to Kiev by the end of 2024, but “it will be difficult to use the entire remaining amount” before the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump.
The publication points out that the use of these funds to help Ukraine by the Trump administration remains “highly questionable” as the US President-elect is “extremely sceptical” about supporting Kiev and has promised to end the conflict quickly.
We shall remind you that the Wall Street Journal reported earlier that Donald Trump’s team proposed freezing the conflict in Ukraine, creating a demilitarised zone along the front line and new arms supplies in exchange for Kiev’s promise not to join NATO for at least 20 years.
