U.S. Lawmakers Promise More Money And Weapons For Ukraine

U.S. Marine Corps M777 towed 155 mm howitzers are staged on the flight line prior to being loaded onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft bound for Europe for delivery to Ukrainian forces, at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., April 22, 2022. Cpl. Austin Fraley/U.S. Marines via Reuters  

Reuters: U.S. lawmakers promise more money, weapons as Ukraine faces 'Hurricane Putin' 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican U.S. lawmakers said on Thursday they wanted to continue the flow of money and weapons for Ukraine's battle against Russia's invasion, denouncing Moscow's plan to annex four Ukrainian regions. 

"We have not won this yet. We need to continue to support the Ukrainians," Democrat Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters after a classified briefing on the conflict. 

The Senate passed a bill funding the federal government through Dec. 16, and sending $12.3 billion in military and economic assistance to Ukraine. The bill, which the House of Representatives is set to pass on Friday, also authorizes President Joe Biden to direct the drawdown of up to $3.7 billion for the transfer to Ukraine of weapons from U.S. stocks.  

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WNU Editor: Using Ukraine as the excuse to pump more money into the Pentagon is now underway .... The U.S. and Europe are running out of weapons to send to Ukraine (CNBC). more here .... Analysts: U.S. Weapons Stockpiles at ‘Dangerously Low Levels’ as DOD Sends Weapons to Ukraine (Breitbart).