Blinken Makes Surprise Visit to Kyiv, to Announce Another Round of Cash for Ukraine

[mystery-ak]

Blinken Makes Surprise Visit to Kyiv, to Announce Another Round of Cash for Ukraine

Oliver JJ Lane 6 Sep 2023

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Wednesday morning and is expected to announce hundreds of millions of dollars of new spending in addition to the billions of extra dollars expected from Washington this week.

The visit by Blinken comes just hours after the city experienced a Russian missile attack and is another physical expression of support for Ukraine from its Western backers which has seen dozens of world leaders travel by special train to the country from neighbouring Poland. As well as a wreath-laying and meeting senior ministers, Blinken is due to see Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today to discuss the long-anticipated and now beleaguered counteroffensive that the U.S., with allies, is funding.

Blinken is due to announce a new package of military aid to Ukraine during his visit today, the Associated Press says, which will be worth up to $200 million. France24 cites a State Department source that says the extra support that will be given today could be as much as one billion dollars. This is apparently in addition to extra billions the Biden Presidency has requested and may approve in the coming days or weeks.

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https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/09/06/blinken-makes-surprise-visit-to-kyiv-to-announce-another-round-of-cash-for-ukraine/

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1699488846734385573

[Kamaji]

now beleaguered counteroffensive

That's bullshit right there, and it taints the rest of this drive-by-shooting article.

Was the Allied invasion of Europe "beleaguered" because it took them several months to break out of Normandy?

[Kamaji]

From another source:

Less than 20% of the assistance — about $175 million — is earmarked to supply the critical munition Kyiv’s defenders desperately need to strengthen their counteroffensive and take back Russian-occupied territory, CBS News reported Wednesday.

Instead, the vast majority of the $1 billion package is expected to support non-military aid, such as economic and humanitarian efforts.

The measly amount set aside for military might comes after experts warned that Ukraine’s Western allies, including the US, have stalled on providing the necessary weapons crucial to the long-awaited counteroffensive, including Abrams tanks and F-16 fighter jets.

Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/09/06/blinken-to-announce-new-1b-ukraine-aid-package-during-kyiv-trip/

In other words, more democrat party largesse and payola to itself, to be laundered through the U.S. state department and left-wing NGOs.

[Free Vulcan]

Another round of 'Gotta keep the Big Guy's corruption quiet'.