The Pentagon announced yesterday the largest post-election package of military aid to Ukraine so far. Valued at $988 million, the package aims to use money authorized under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) to “provide Ukraine with munitions for rocket systems and Unmanned Aerial Systems,” the Pentagon statement says. “This package also includes support for maintenance and repair programs to help Ukraine reconstitute its forces and build and sustain combat power.”
The package was actually announced by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in a speech at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley yesterday. “America and our friends have become the arsenal of Ukrainian democracy,” he ostentatiously declared during his speech—apparently not having noticed that Zelenskyy canceled the last scheduled election and has been ruling without a popular or constitutional mandate since May.
