There is a lot of confusion and misinformation about how much in federal funding and aid has gone to Ukraine, and how much is actually ending up in the hands of Ukraine vs other projects or concerns. We have done some research and have found a good deal of factual information on these matters. We feel it is important to share.
Since February 2022, the United States has allocated $113.4 billion in emergency funding to support Ukraine in wartime.
We have checked the sources in this website and have found this to be accurate.
Here is our take:
Some of the money needs to paid back under a bill signed by President Biden on May 9th, 2022
It is unclear of the timeline and there seems to be an open ended date as one has not set, nor is it clear what the interest rate is
Here are the details of the Ukraine Lend-Lease-Act
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3025302/biden-signs-lend-lease-act-to-supply-more-security-assistance-to-ukraine/
This video does a good job of illustrating the data. It is important to note, USAFacts.org seems to be a non partisan, fact based website. It was founded by Steve Balmer - former Microsoft CEO who said the goal of the website was to give impartial data from trusted government websites and agencies. We feel this data can be trusted but it's always good to check sources and if anyone finds anything different, leave it in the comments.
To read the full article click here
https://usafacts.org/articles/how-much-money-has-the-us-given-ukraine-since-russias-invasion/
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