After signing the Lend-Lease, Biden handed over the pen to a Congresswoman of Ukrainian origin./screenshot from the video
On Monday, May 9, the President of the United States signed the law on Lend-Lease for Ukraine.
After signing a historic and important document for our state, Joe Biden handed over the pen with which he made the signature to Victoria Spartz, Channel 24 reports.
She is the first ethnic Ukrainian congresswoman from the Republican Party.< /p>
It is known that to sign the law on Lend-Lease, Biden used the same pen that was last used in 1941, during World War II.
What Biden said after signing Lend-Lease< /h3>
When signing, Biden stressed that this document provides important assistance to the Ukrainian people in the struggle for democracy and freedom. The US President stated that Russia is committing real atrocities in Ukraine.
The head of the states also added that some steps are costly, but hiding from Russian aggression will be even more costly.
The US President also recalled that Lend-Lease was last used during World War II. Then the States supplied weapons to Europe and helped the allied countries to overcome the Nazis. But this time, Europe needs help even more, and the support of Ukraine is important for everyone, because Putin's war wanted to destroy not only the democratic future of Ukraine, but also Europe.
Why lend-lease is important for Ukraine
The signing of the law allows the President of the United States to receive expanded powers for defense assistance to Ukraine. The United States will now be able to supply weapons, vehicles and food under a simplified procedure. The US House of Representatives approved the document on April 28, yesterday, May 9, it was signed by Joe Biden.Lend-Lease will allow the US authorities to “loan” Ukraine the necessary weapons and more. And we will be able to use weapons “as long as they are needed and until they break”.
Payment for such a lease, including weapons, is symbolic, but all details of the return or payment will be discussed after the war.
The reaction of Ukrainian politicians to the signing of the Lend-Lease law
Zelensky in the evening 9 May thanked Biden and the American people for supporting Ukraine in the fight for freedom and the future. The Ukrainian leader stressed that there would be a victory, and the signing of the Lend-Lease law was a historic step. The head of Ukraine is convinced that Ukraine will once again win together and defend democracy in the world, just like 77 years ago.
Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov noted that Russia has not listened to the word for years, so now it listens to the weapons of the entire civilized world.< /p>
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmihal said that the signing of the law is very important for our state. He noted that now the supply of American weapons to Ukraine will not have any restrictions, and during the Second World War, Lend-Lease became one of the main factors in the victory of the anti-Hitler coalition over Nazism.
