Department of Defense said aid budget for Kyiv is part of a contingency plan to keep ‘essential’ parts of Biden’s administration afloat
US aid to Ukraine will continue even if the government is forced to shut down next weekend over a spending row in Congress, the Pentagon has announced.
The Department of Defense said its budget for weapons and humanitarian aid for Ukraine had been ringfenced as part of a contingency plan to keep “essential” parts of Joe Biden’s administration afloat.
Much of the federal government could be forced to close temporarily next weekend if Republicans in the House of Representatives refuse to authorise a short-term spending resolution.
Hardliners in the GOP, including from the House Freedom Caucus, have objected to high levels of federal spending and have attached a range of conservative demands to the spending bill in an attempt to kill it off.