White House Reinstates Military Aid For Ukraine

Ukrainian special operations forces conduct training in the Black Sea with their U.S. counterparts on July 19, 2017, during exercise Sea Breeze. (Staff Sgt. Henry Gundacker/U.S. Army)

Reuters: Trump administration reinstates military aid for Ukraine

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s administration has released $250 million in military aid for Ukraine, U.S. senators said on Thursday, after lawmakers from both parties expressed concern that the White House had held up money approved by Congress.

The money is intended for use by Ukraine in its struggle with pro-Russian separatists backed by Moscow. Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea region in 2014.

Some Democrats had questioned whether the administration had withheld the money to put pressure on Ukraine’s government to support Trump’s re-election campaign by launching an investigation of one of Trump’s main rivals in the 2020 U.S. election.

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WNU Editor: There is bi-partisan support in Congress for this aid to continue. The White House has just caved to this pressure.

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