US prepares to provide $200 million arms package to Ukraine

According to Reuters, the new aid package for Ukraine allows the administration of President Joe Biden to send weapons, supplies and ammunition, despite the temporary spending bill passed by the House of Representatives excluding the category of support for Kiev.

President Joe Biden has asked Congress to approve an additional $24 billion for Ukraine – something that Kiev’s supporters, both Republicans and Democrats, hope could be part of a spending bill. That request is still pending.

However, the Pentagon still has about $5.4 billion left, after discovering an “accounting error” that overestimated the value of weapons shipped to Ukraine.

Officials said details of the next tranche of arms aid were still being worked out, and would be announced on October 11 at the 16th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels, where security assistance will be a central topic.

The US aid package for Ukraine is expected to be worth about $200 million, including ammunition and other weapons. President Biden has pledged to add more weapons to the arsenal to send to Kiev.

While US officials continue to provide aid to Ukraine, according to RT, the American people are feeling "sour" about this.

The results of a Reuters/Ipsos survey released on October 5 showed that only 41% of respondents agreed that the US government "should provide weapons to Ukraine", while 35% said "disagree" and the rest "are not sure".

The figures mark a sharp drop from a previous Reuters poll conducted in June, which found 65% of respondents supported continuing to arm Ukraine.