Media: US House speaker proposes loan or lend-lease programme for Kiev
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The speaker of the US House of Representatives, Republican Mike Johnson, is in favour of resuming assistance to Ukraine in the form of a loan, a lend-lease programme or an actual transfer of Russian sovereign assets frozen in the West to Kiev. This was reported by The Hill newspaper.
Johnson, who holds the third most important post in the US government hierarchy, explained that he was referring to "a loan or lend-lease program so U.S. taxpayers would not be shelling out tens of billions of dollars" without any prospect of returning these funds. In addition, the speaker mentioned the possibility of confiscating frozen Russian assets in order to form a fund to help Kiev, the article said.
The fate of the request and alternative bills remains unclear. A number of Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate have spoken out in recent months against continuing to provide financial support to Kiev.
It should be noted that on 9 May 2022, the law on lend-lease arms deliveries to Kiev came into force in the United States. According to it, the USA was given the opportunity to provide military equipment and property for temporary use to the government of Ukraine or the governments of Eastern European countries. The mechanism was supposed to work similarly to how it was during World War II, when the US supplied its allies without prepayment and with a long delay in payments. On 30 September 2023, this law, which has never been put into practice, ceased to be in force.
In his turn, European diplomatic chief Josep Borrell said on 14 March that the next few months would be decisive for the conflict in Ukraine. "It's this spring, this summer before autumn that the war in Ukraine will be decided," he said.
The fate of the request and alternative bills remains unclear. A number of Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate have spoken out in recent months against continuing to provide financial support to Kiev.
It should be noted that on 9 May 2022, the law on lend-lease arms deliveries to Kiev came into force in the United States. According to it, the USA was given the opportunity to provide military equipment and property for temporary use to the government of Ukraine or the governments of Eastern European countries. The mechanism was supposed to work similarly to how it was during World War II, when the US supplied its allies without prepayment and with a long delay in payments. On 30 September 2023, this law, which has never been put into practice, ceased to be in force.
In his turn, European diplomatic chief Josep Borrell said on 14 March that the next few months would be decisive for the conflict in Ukraine. "It's this spring, this summer before autumn that the war in Ukraine will be decided," he said.
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