U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently revealed that 90% of the military aid to Ukraine has flowed into the United States for the production of ** equipment, a move that not only supports the U.S. manufacturing industry, but also injects impetus into its economic growth.
At a joint press conference with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, Blinken said, "Ninety percent of the security assistance we provide is to support domestic manufacturers and manufacturing, which creates more jobs for the American people and boosts economic growth." ”
He further elaborated that the continuous provision of military assistance to Ukraine is a "win-win" situation for the United States to safeguard its own interests.
The U.S. Congress recently held a meeting to discuss a new round of aid allocations for Ukraine. The aid package has run into hurdles in Congress, despite the fact that the United States and senior levels of the defense sector, including Biden and Secretary of Defense Austin, have actively lobbied to highlight the potentially serious consequences of a Russian victory over Ukraine and called on Congress to approve funding.
In an effort to convince lawmakers, the White House even distributed a detailed map of the "recipient states of military aid to Ukraine," showing how about $27 billion in military aid has been converted into investment in the military industry in multiple U.S. states, as a way to illustrate the positive impact of military aid to Ukraine on the U.S. domestic economy.
Since the Ukraine crisis escalated in February last year, U.S. arms dealers have seen their stock prices soar and gain handsomely on the back of a large number of orders.
Earlier, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov criticized Washington and its unfazed arms industry as the direct beneficiaries of the Ukrainian crisis.
The latest data from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy in Germany indicate that from August to October of this year, countries committed 22 percent of aid to Ukraine$800 million, while this figure is only slightly higher than a tenth of the same period last year, but it is the lowest level of aid after the escalation of the crisis in Ukraine.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said at the Aspen Security Forum in Washington that he was concerned about the decline in support for Ukraine, especially military aid, and urged the U.S. Congress to approve an aid package in the hope that the rest of Europe would follow suit with increased support.
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