Aid to Ukraine: Where the money in their war against Russia is coming from | CNN

I wonder what the impact of our "military aid" is on our job market, manufacturing that aid?

The share of GDP chart is very interesting and a fair evaluation IMHO of how countries are responding to Ukraine.

LTC Eugene Chu
..."Published 8:07 AM EDT, Fri October 6, 2023
CNN
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Russia’s invasion has pitted Ukraine against a country with a massive military and one of the world’s biggest economies. Ukraine has been able to keep the fight going in large part due to nearly $350 billion in aid that’s been committed by mostly Western nations since January of 2022.

Now, there are fears the tap may begin flowing less freely — most notably from Kyiv’s most important military backer, the United States.

After a heated spending debate nearly shut down the US government, Congress passed a stopgap funding bill last week that stripped out funding for Ukraine, in an attempt to appease some hardline Republicans.

The move, while not enough for conservatives – who ultimately ousted former Speaker Kevin McCarthy for not cutting spending further – was a blow for Ukraine, which is heavily dependent on Western help to turn the tide of the war. The hundreds of billions of dollars in aid committed already is arriving in various phases over several years, but the counteroffensive aimed at pushing Russia out of Ukrainian territory is entering a critical phase.

To better understand the geopolitical debate behind backing Kyiv, CNN analyzed how international assistance to Ukraine stacks up."...