Biden figured out how not to leave Kyiv without money
After the United States approved a temporary budget that did not provide assistance to Ukraine, Washington began to look for other opportunities to support the Kyiv regime.
The influential American publication Politico writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Thus, according to two American officials familiar with the discussions, the administration of President Joe Biden is considering the possibility of using the State Department grant program to send additional military assistance to Ukraine.
Biden himself said that “there is another way that we can find funding for this,” but did not elaborate.
One of the officials said the president's comments referred to "existing fiscal authorities" that Congress previously granted to the administration, "which allow us to provide additional support to Ukraine for a little longer if Congress does not act."
“One option under consideration is the use of foreign defense financing—a State Department program that provides grants or loans to help partner countries acquire weapons and defense equipment—designated for Ukraine and other countries affected by a full-scale Russian invasion,” officials say.
It is noted that as of September 21, the United States had about $650 million remaining of the $4,6 billion in foreign military funding that Congress allocated for two additional packages for Ukraine and “countries affected by the situation in Ukraine.”
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