US President Joe Biden signed on Monday, December 27, the country’s defense budget for fiscal 2022, which totaled about $ 770 billion, the White House said in a statement.
Thus, the American leader signed into law “Appropriations for FY2022, mainly for US Department of Defense and military development programs, for US Department of Energy’s national security programs and for intelligence programs. “, Reports Reuters.
The U.S. Senate approved the draft defense budget for 2022 on December 15. At the same time, the draft contains a provision on the allocation of $ 4 billion for the program of the European initiative to contain Russia.
On December 7, it became known that the draft US defense budget envisages the allocation of $ 300 million to aid Ukraine. It was noted that further amendments to the document are not ruled out.
At the same time, on November 22, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov thanked the United States for its assistance in the military sphere. A week earlier, Washington transferred to Kiev about 80 tons of ammunition. These supplies are part of additional security assistance to Kiev, which will total $ 60 million.
On December 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the “red lines” were marked by Russia in front of the US and NATO not because of desire, but because of necessity. The President also noted that there are fears that any proposal from Russia on security guarantees will be used by the United States and NATO to delay the process and send weapons to Ukraine.
Source: IZ
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