The US to provide almost $700 million in aid to Ukraine
US President Donald Trump has signed a package of legislation approved by Congress that increases aid to Ukraine to nearly $700 million, the Ukrainian embassy in the US reported on Facebook.
"The package includes Statement of State Appropriations, External Operations and Related Programs Act for the Financial Year 2019, The assessment of aid to Ukraine under this law was increased and approved to the amount of 445.7 million dollars,” the report said.
It is noted that a significant part of these funds will be used to increase the cost of providing military and technical assistance to Ukraine under the program up to 115 million dollars.
At the same time, as pointed out at the embassy, the total amount of aid to Ukraine in 2019 fiscal year, including 250 million previously allocated to the Pentagon, is almost 695.7 million dollars. The set amount of $75 million exceeds the appropriations provided for Ukraine in 2018.