¿ en que consiste la fabulosa ayuda americana de 61.000 mill de $ para Ucrania?
Cuesta mucho encontrar la información y casi mas entenderla. Con la ayuda del CSIS vamos a desglosarla:
https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-ukra ... future-war
Military equipment for Ukraine ($25.7 billion) comprises the largest part of the funding and does three things. First, it replaces equipment that has been or will be sent to Ukraine through presidential drawdown authority (PDA) ($13.4 billion). This authority allows the president to take weapons and munitions from U.S. stockpiles and send them to Ukraine. Although there is no statutory requirement to replace the equipment, Congress has provided funding to do so. If it had not, the resulting shortfalls would have badly hurt U.S. readiness
o sea, que 13400 mill son para reponer armento y munición de reservas de EEUU que "ya han sido enviados o van a ser enviados" a Ucrania. Así que no sabemos si si se enviará el equivalente o ya se han enviado.
Second, it provides Ukraine with funding through the State Department’s Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program ($1.6 billion). This program provides grants and loans for allies and partners such as Ukraine to purchase weapons and munitions in the United States.
O sea, 1.600 mill. de $ para comprar de verdad armamento y munición nuevos de verdad.
The third and final element is enhancing the defense industrial base to increase production capabilities and develop more advanced weapons and munitions ($7.0 billion). For example, the bill includes funding to help the U.S. Army meet its monthly production goal of 100,000 155-millimeter (mm) shells by 2025.
7.000 mill para subvencionar a industria militar americana. Esto se supone que indirectamente puede ayudar a Ucrania pero habría que ver...Desde luego en aumentar la producción de munición de artillería imposible gastar tan brutal cantidad.
A curious element is that the legislation requests $13.4 billion to replenish stockpiles but only $7.8 billion of new drawdown authority. This discrepancy implies a preexisting deficit, likely stemming from accounting changes made last summer.
Esto cualquiera sabe que significa....quizas cierto mamoneo contable pero no dinero efectivo para nuevo armamento.
Ukraine-related military activities ($17 billion) funds the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) ($13.8 billion) and U.S. intelligence operations ($3.3 billion). USAI provides funds for three things: training that Ukraine might need for new weapons, individuals, or units; the United States buying arms on the global market, which it has done extensively in the past to acquire Soviet-standard equipment that Ukrainian forces are accustomed to using; and Ukraine purchasing weapons and equipment directly from U.S. manufacturers.
esto podria ser una cosa u otra... no se sabe. Quizas regalar tanques americanos nuevos a cambio de quien tenga tanques soviéticos viejos, o entrebamiento o cualquier otra cosa.
Economic support to Ukraine ($7.9 billion) assists the Ukrainian government in sustaining essential government services, including law enforcement. This support is structured as a loan, not a grant (section 508), in response to pressure from Republicans and former president Trump.
ayuda financiera. No armamento.
U.S. forces ($7.3 billion) pays for the heightened U.S. force presence in Europe. The United States initially surged 20,000 troops to Europe to reassure European allies. While the surge presence declined to around 10,000, the regular fiscal year 2024 budget does not fully cover the costs of these deployed forces. Funds mostly go to the U.S. Army, which received $4.9 billion for its operations and maintenance.
Humanitarian aid ($2.5 billion) includes $1.6 billion for a special “assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia” fund, $300 million for counter-drug activities, and $100 million for demining. About $481 million supports Ukrainian refugees in the United States.
Other U.S. governmental agencies ($335 million) includes $150 million for the Department of Energy’s nonproliferation activities. This has been a long-running effort to safeguard civilian power plants and hedge against nuclear incidents. There is also $98 million for research on medical devices, which is perhaps a worthwhile effort but entirely unrelated to the war in Ukraine.]
gastos variados de EEUU, y ayudas diversas que han metido en el saco.
De resumen de todo ello, es que los 61.000 mill de dolares para ucrania es un bonito titular, pero la realidad es bastante mas modesta.