WASHINGTON ¨C U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s administration has told members of Congress it will not finish spending $400 million Congress has authorized for aid to Ukraine until fiscal year 2029, even as Kyiv runs critically low on weapons it needs to fend off Russian missile attacks.
In May, the Department of Defense sent a letter to lawmakers outlining its spending plan, a source familiar with the document said on Monday. Democrats and some of Trump¡¯s fellow Republicans had criticized the Pentagon for sitting on aid ?for Kyiv, which members of both parties had backed last year.
Two months after the letter was sent, the funds still have not been disbursed or ?even obligated ?by being put on contract, the source said.
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