The United States has $6 billion left in military aid to Ukraine that will be used until the new Donald Trump administration takes office in January, deputy Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said at a briefing broadcast on the social media account X.
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“We have about $4 billion left from the Pentagon reserves. The President has notified Congress that he will use them for the rest of his term. We still have about $2 billion in the United States through USAID (Agency for International Development),” she said.
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Singh said aid packages for Ukraine will be announced in the coming weeks and will remain in place until the new Trump administration takes over in January.
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Donald Trump, who had already served as US President since the 2016 elections, won the presidential election on November 5. He became the first US politician since the 19th century to return to the White House after a four-year break. Trump’s victory was announced by all leading media outlets counting votes: the Associated Press, Fox News, CNN, NBC, ABC and CBS.
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Democratic candidate Kamala Harris spoke to supporters and announced that she would admit defeat, and current US President Joe Biden spoke with Trump and congratulated him.
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The Electoral College from the states must vote on candidates in accordance with the will of the voters on December 17, and on January 6 the new Congress will approve the results of the vote. The inauguration will take place on January 20.
