Reuters: The United States approved the first supplies of military assistance to Ukraine at the expense of NATO

The US government for the first time approved the sending of military assistance to Ukraine, paid at the expense of NATO allies. Reuters writes about this with reference to two sources.

According to the agency, the Deputy Minister of Defense, Elbridge Kolbi, approved two deliveries worth $ 500 million each. Assistance packages, in particular, include air defense systems.

Officially, this information was not confirmed, the Pentagon did not respond to Reuters request about the comment.

• Under the administration of Joe Bayden, the United States, basically, supplied Kyiv weapons at their own expense. Donald Trump said that he would no longer transfer the weapons free of charge, which threatened the defense capability of Ukraine.
• The achievement of agreements on the new format of American weapons supplies was announced in mid -July - now not the United States, but other NATO countries will pay for it. As the media later wrote , Ukraine will determine the priority types of the necessary weapons in the framework of packages of $ 500 million, and NATO allies will decide who will pay it.