US budget envisages $756 million in financial aid to Ukraine

The US draft budget for 2022 provides for a total of $756 million in assistance to Ukraine, including $400 million to strengthen its security, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said during an online briefing on Friday, December 17, Report informs, citing Ukrainian media.

"The draft budget of the United States for 2022 provides for a total of $756 million in assistance to Ukraine, including $400 million to strengthen its security, but our goal of $1 billion in support remains unchanged and we are confidently moving towards it," he said.

"The total amount of material and technical assistance from Washington in 2021 exceeded $130 million. This is concrete assistance to the Ukrainian army," the Ukrainian official said.

Ukraine also received from the United States 4 naval boats of the Island type, new supplies of Javelin anti-tank systems, means of counter-sniper warfare, reconnaissance, radioelectronic warfare, night vision devices, optical equipment, communications equipment, medical equipment, ammunition and small arms of various calibers.