Senator Mark Warner has announced an extremely important event for Ukraine: the transfer of the ATACMS long -range missiles. According to him, the transfer of these ammunition was to take place half a year ago, but since this did not happen, now is the best time for that.
Ukraine can receive the ATACMS long -range missiles by the end of next week, after the Senate has approved the bill on military assistance to Ukraine and this document will be signed by US President Joe Biden. This was stated in an interview with CBS News by the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Mark Warner.
"I hope that as soon as it (the bill .
To the journalist's clarifying question, whether Ukraine will receive this weapons next week, Warner replied that the President's signature would stand very quickly. This will guarantee that ATACMS will be transferred by the end of the week.
"This schedule will be done, because it is obvious that the morale of Ukrainians has been high, but it was blown up in the last few months, when they were literally issued cartridges at the norm, 8-10 cartridges a day," Vorner said.
He stressed that the transfer of ammunition and long -range missiles was to take place half a year ago, but since this did not happen, the best time is right now.
"In the last two years, with less than 3% of our defense budget, Ukrainians have destroyed 87% of Russian Land Forces that existed before, 63% of their tanks, 32% of armored personnel carriers without losing any American soldier," Warner said.
Which the law is referred
On April 20, the House of Representatives supported the bill, which provides for different types of assistance to Ukraine for more than $ 60 billion. Ukraine will receive these funds on a loan.
311 Congressmen voted in favor of this bill, 210 Democrats and 101 Republican. 112 Congressmen opposed the initiative. Seven members of the House did not vote.
Money within this package of financial support will be distributed as follows:
- $ 23.2 billion - to replenish US military inventories, of which Ukraine had previously received;
- $ 11.3 billion - for the current activities of US military in the region (in particular, training in Ukrainian servicemen);
- $ 13.8 billion - for the purchase of weapons for the Ukrainian forces and provision of defense services;
- $ 26 billion - to continue supervision and accountability with the help and equipment provided to Kiev.
