Strengthening the US military industry at the expense of Ukraine

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Novosti” news agency, Bill LaPlante, US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technical Supply and Logistics, announced at a meeting at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington that the allocation of funds to provide more military aid to Ukraine would allow the United States to base to significantly expand its defense industry, including in the field of increasing the production of ammunition. to help Ukraine and added: “Now, ammunition factories across the country, for example in Texas, have the necessary funds to expand their activities, and this is in the shadow of the additional funding that we were able to get from Congress for Let’s get Ukraine.”

According to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the US now produces 30,000 to 40,000 155 mm ammunition per month. He also noted that the bill signed by US President Joe Biden to allocate additional funds to help Kiev will enable US arms manufacturers to reach a production rate of about 100,000 rounds of ammunition per month.

Last night, US President National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said that the money appropriated by Congress in the amount of $61 billion will be enough to support Kiev until the end of the year.

On Tuesday, the US Senate approved bills related to the provision of aid to Ukraine and Israel, which have been the subject of domestic debates in the United States for months. 79 people voted for this project and 18 people were against it. These documents were immediately signed by Joe Biden.

Previously, Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, also said regarding the allocation of new aid to Ukraine, from the point of view of the Democratic Party, in this way, the Ukrainian army can at least The American presidential election in November, without destroying Joe Biden’s image. According to him, Republicans also have their own interests in getting more involved in the Ukraine conflict. In fact, they are lobbying in favor of the large American military industry, which will receive a large share of the budget allocated for Ukraine.

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