The US Senate has supported the law on Lend-Lease for Ukraine: what it provides
The US Senate has unanimously passed an important law that will allow President Joe Biden to send weapons to Ukraine more efficiently.
This was reported by Politico.
Senators quickly rallied behind the proposal, known as Lend-Lease, as the Ukrainian Armed Forces proved that they could decisively and effectively repel the Russian occupiers.
The Lend-Lease program created during World War II allowed the U.S. to quickly resupply the Allies without time-consuming procedural hurdles.
American lawmakers are resorting to such extraordinary tactics because the United States and its allies in Europe believe Russia’s invasion of Ukraine presents an existential threat to liberal order.
It’s also an indication that the Western world believes Ukraine can now win the fight against the Russian invaders. Congress recently approved nearly $14 billion of military and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine, some of which has already been doled out.
On Tuesday, the State Department announced an additional $100 million in funding for Javelin missiles and other materiel, bringing the total security assistance to $1.7 billion since Russia invaded.
In a brief speech on the Senate floor Wednesday night, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called the massacres “pure evil,” adding that Russian troops are carrying out a “genocide” in Ukraine.
The Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022, as it’s known, allows for the de facto gifting of equipment, with provisions stipulating that recipient countries would repay the U.S. at a later date.
After the Senate, the law on Lend-Lease must be passed by the House of Representatives.
Earlier, the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly supported the investigation of war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine.
