• cyd@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I wonder how much of the aid to Ukraine shows up as money that Ukraine can decide for itself how to spend, as opposed to money that U-turns straight back into pre-determined US defence contracts.

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      6 months ago

      Different packages for different needs. Just from the headline, why would you expect anything other than weapons? The entire approach so far is to send weapons from inventory, then contract with us defense industry to replenish US inventory

      Blame media for not covering humanitarian assistance: are we providing enough? Was that also held back by unnecessary political posturing? Who knows, but it seems pretty critical.

      Here’s one source