Officials say it will take less than a week to get it into the country.
U.S. officials said the Pentagon has prepared a massive military aid package for Ukraine that will be “ready for use” once the vote is finalized. The funding is expected to pass the House of Representatives this weekend and be approved by the Senate next week.
According to The Washington Post, the US Defense Ministry warned that Ukraine could lose territory without urgent action on Capitol Hill. Long before the vote, the ministry began assembling a military aid package to speed up the process.
In discussing Biden’s plans, an anonymous official said that once the $95 billion foreign aid bill is approved, some of the weapons could reach the front lines in less than a week. About $60 billion is earmarked for Ukraine, while the rest is split between Israel and U.S. partners in Asia.
It is not known exactly what the scope of the military aid package will be, but it is safe to say that it includes critical ammunition for the systems on which the Ukrainian military relies. This is especially true of 155mm shells for NATO howitzers and ammunition for medium-range rocket artillery. Since the beginning of the war, the size of U.S. military aid tranches has ranged from a few hundred million dollars to more than two billion dollars.
