The Pentagon announced plans to speed up the delivery of aid promised by Biden: they named the deadlines

The Pentagon announced plans to speed up the provision of aid promised by Biden: they named the deadlines Margarita Voloshina

In September, US President Joe Biden promised Kyiv to increase military aid to Ukraine. The US Department of Defense, in turn, guaranteed to work quickly to fulfill its obligations to support our country in the war.

We are talking about the transfer to Ukraine of all unused funds approved by Congress, in particular $5.5 billion for the withdrawal of weapons from stockpiles, before the administration ends its activities in January. This was reported by 24 Channel with reference to the Pentagon.

The Pentagon is working on providing aid to Ukraine

According to the US Defense Department, implementing the aforementioned presidential authorities, which provide for the movement of about $5.5 billion from US military warehouses to Ukraine before Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20, is an extremely difficult task.

However, Deputy Pentagon Spokesperson Sabrina Singh said that over the past three years, the department has demonstrated a great ability to quickly carry out assigned tasks. She noted that this must be done in just under 70 days. But, as the press secretary says, it is possible.

The president has made it clear that … he wants to use the authorities that Congress has allocated and authorized before he leaves office. We will work very hard to make sure that happens, Singh stressed.

According to her, ever since the first transfer of military equipment to Ukraine through presidential powers, the ministry has been aware of what was being sent and what was needed to maintain combat readiness for the ministry itself. In her opinion, this will not change.

“We are constantly replenishing our shelves and our reserves. The minister will not allow the department to fall below a level of readiness that he is not satisfied with,” she noted.

Recall that Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga stated that the Biden administration assured the provision of the full volume of promised military assistance by the end of its term. In addition, the United States confirmed its intention to pay for all contracts under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative program.