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U.S. defense budget draft for 2019 includes $250 mln for Ukraine – embassy

3-13-19

The draft defense budget of the United States for 2019 envisages a provision of security assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $250 million, including $50 million exclusively for the provision of lethal types of weapons of a defensive nature, the Ukrainian embassy to the United States has reported.

"U.S. House of Representatives Armed Forces Committee presented the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Bill envisaging a $250 million security assistance to Ukraine. The sum proposed to be allocated for security assistance to Ukraine, including lethal weapons, is defined at $250 million, which is $100 million more than the Committee proposed to provide this fiscal year," the embassy said on its Facebook page in the early hours of Tuesday.

Some $50 million of the said volume is proposed to channel exclusively for lethal defensive aid, the Ukrainian embassy said.

"The bill is yet to be agreed with the version to be drafted by the U.S. Senate and approved by both chambers of Congress before it is submitted for a president's signature," the message reads.

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REUTERS The U.S. Department of Defense has asked $250 million for the Ukrainian military and national security forces in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 budget request. Read alsoU.S. House of Representatives backs Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act "The FY 2020 budget request for EDI [European Deterrence Initiative] includes $250 million to provide assistance and support to the military and national security forces of Ukraine, and for replacement of any weapons or defensive articles provided to the Government of Ukraine from the inventory of the United States," the document says. As UNIAN reported earlier, in September 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump signed the bill on the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019, which provides for $250 million in security assistance to Ukraine. According to the document, $250 million was allocated, among other things, for military exercises, the provision of military equipment, lethal weapons and logistics support, and the replacement of previously provided weapons or military goods. The list also included reconnaissance support of Ukraine's armed security forces. If you see a sp

The money will be also allocated for replacement of any weapons or defensive articles provided to the Ukrainian government from the inventory of the United States.

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