May 19 2023
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/19/biden-zelenskyy-military-aid-for-ukraine-00097974

President Joe Biden is set to announce a new
$375 million military aid package for Ukraine
after meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart at
the G7 summit in Japan this weekend, accord-
ing to 3 U.S. & Ukrainian officials familiar with
the discussions.

To be included: more artillery shells, armored
vehicles & anti-tank weapons — all equipment
that the U.S. & allies have supplied to Kyiv in
the past, but will be much needed in the months
of hard fighting expected this spring & summer.

The news comes as the U.S. president signaled
that he would greenlight the 3rd-party transfer of
American F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, telling his
G7 counterparts overnight that he will support a
joint international effort to train Ukrainian pilots
on the aircraft.

Taken together, the moves are a strong show of
support for Kyiv ahead of an expected counter-
offensive that Ukrainians hope will retake more
territory seized by Russia.

.... Countries that have flown the F-16 for decades,
like Belgium, Denmark & The Netherlands have indi-
cated they would participate in the training program,
while Norway is also mulling lending a hand.

All of the NATO countries are in the process of tran-
sitioning to the F-35 and have been selling their older
F-16 to third countries like Romania, who desperately
want to upgrade from their Soviet-era aircraft.

So far, none of the countries, including the U.S., have
committed to sending any F-16s to Ukraine.

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Follow-up:

On Friday, May 19, 2023 at 7:12:38 PM UTC-5, observer wrote:

..> May 19 2023
..> https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/19/biden-zelenskyy-military-aid-for-ukraine-00097974
..>
..> President Joe Biden is set to announce a new
..> $375 million military aid package for Ukraine
..> after meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart at
..> the G7 summit in Japan this weekend, accord-
..> ing to 3 U.S. & Ukrainian officials familiar with
..> the discussions.
..>
..> To be included: more artillery shells, armored
..> vehicles & anti-tank weapons — all equipment
..> that the U.S. & allies have supplied to Kyiv in
..> the past, but will be much needed in the months
..> of hard fighting expected this spring & summer.
..>
..> The news comes as the U.S. president signaled
..> that he would greenlight the 3rd-party transfer of
..> American F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, telling his
..> G7 counterparts overnight that he will support a
..> joint international effort to train Ukrainian pilots
..> on the aircraft.
..>
..> Taken together, the moves are a strong show of
..> support for Kyiv ahead of an expected counter-
..> offensive that Ukrainians hope will retake more
..> territory seized by Russia.
..>
..> ... Countries that have flown the F-16 for decades,
..> like Belgium, Denmark & The Netherlands have indi-
..> cated they would participate in the training program,
..> while Norway is also mulling lending a hand.
..>
..> All of the NATO countries are in the process of tran-
..> sitioning to the F-35 and have been selling their older
..> F-16 to third countries like Romania, who desperately
..> want to upgrade from their Soviet-era aircraft.
..>
..> So far, none of the countries, including the U.S., have
..> committed to sending any F-16s to Ukraine.
..>
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May 18 2023

$3 billion accounting error means the Pentagon
can send more weapons to Ukraine[?]
https://news.yahoo.com/accounting-error-means-pentagon-send-230700674.html
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The Pentagon has overestimated the value of the
weapons it has sent to Ukraine by at least $3 billion
— an accounting error that could be a boon for the
war effort because it will allow the Defense Depart-
ment to send more weapons now without asking
Congress for more money.

The error was caused when officials overvalued
some of the systems sent to Ukraine, using the
value of money it would cost to replace an item
completely rather than the current value of the
weapon.

.... It also could free up more money for critical
weapons as Ukraine is on the verge of a much
anticipated counteroffensive — which will require
as much military aid as they can get. Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has previously
said the offensive was delayed because they did
not yet have everything they needed.

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