Investigative reporter Kristina Wong released fascinating new details Wednesday on where $40 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine will actually be spent.
“This is what I found in the $40B Ukraine aid bill poised to pass this week,” posted Wong on Twitter.
The list includes:
– $17 billion for U.S. military operations, including the Ukraine Securitv Assistance Initiative, and to replace U.S military equipment sent to Ukraine:
– $1.8 billion in U.S. military equipment for Ukraine;
– $414 million for research, development, test and evaluation related to the Ukraine war
-$15 million for U.S. troop pay related to the war; and
– $13.9 million for the Detense Health Program
An additional roughly $20 billion is for Ukraine’s bilateral assistance the State Department
and other agencies, and includes.
– $8.77 billion in economic assistance for Ukraine:
– $4.35 billion in humanitarian aid
– S4 billion for foreign military financing program
– $500 million for the European Bank
– S400 million tor the international narcotics control a
– $350 million for the State Departments Migration
– $190 million for the State Department for “Diplomatic Programs”
– $150 million for the Global Agriculture and food Security Program;
– S100 million for anti-terrorism, de-mining and related programs:
-$67 million for the Justice Department;
– $54 million for the CDC
– $17 million for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID);
– $10 million for the State Department’s “Capital Investment Fund”;
– $4 million for the State Department’s Office of Inspector General;
– $2 million for “salaries and expenses” to provide regulatory and technical support; and
– $1 million for USAID’s Office of Inspector General.
This is what I found in the $40B Ukraine aid bill poised to pass this week: pic.twitter.com/J5YMlZWDCB
— Kristina Wong 🇺🇸 (@kristina_wong) May 18, 2022