Ukraine set to become largest recipient of U.S. military assistance in a century

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As Floridians recover from Hurricane Ian and Kentucky contends with major tornado damage, President Biden just pledged another $625 million of our taxpayer dollars to Ukraine on top of the billions and billions already sent.

Ukraine is now set to become the largest recipient of American military assistance in a century.

The Intercept reported last month, "Since Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February, the U.S. government has pumped more money and weapons into supporting the Ukrainian military than it sent in 2020 to Afghanistan, Israel, and Egypt combined — surpassing in a matter of months three of the largest recipients of U.S. military aid in history..."

"Analysts estimate that Ukraine, already the largest recipient of U.S. security assistance in Europe since 2014, is well on track to become the largest recipient of U.S. security assistance of the century altogether." the report continued.

The Intercept noted how unprecedented this foreign spending was, "There is little precedent for the breakneck pace and scale of U.S. spending on Ukraine. 'It’s more than the peak it paid to Afghanistan by a long shot and many times more than aid to Israel,' William Hartung, senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute, told The Intercept. 'And it’s somewhat unique that they’ve been arming a country where there are two nation states at war.”

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