Biden Asks Congress for Over $37 Billion Emergency Aid to Ukraine
The Biden administration has asked for a total of $37.7 billion in additional emergency aid to Ukraine to support the nation as their defense against a Russian invasion drags on during its 9th month. This comes after heavy battlefield casualties were reported for both sides, with a recent U.S. assessment attributing 100,000 casualties to both Russia and Ukraine. In addition to the sizable Russian withdrawal from the western bank of the Dnieper River and the Ukrainian city of Kherson. The proposed Ukraine aid includes $21.7 billion for military, intelligence, and other defense support, $14.5 billion in humanitarian relief, $900 million for health care and support services for Ukrainians living in the United States, and $626 million for economic development and for modernizing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Tens of thousands of missiles and rockets for air defense and anti-armor systems, more than 84 million rounds of ammunition, drones, tanks, trucks, radars, body armor, and other equipment have previously been provided as part of US help to Ukraine in the past.