Ukraine Just Got $61 Billion. Here’s What It Should Buy.
The House acted not a moment too soon in passing an aid package so Kyiv can get US-made artillery shells, air-defense systems and drones.
Old-fashioned howitzers in a cutting-edge war.
Photographer: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images
Now that the US House of Representatives, acting in an unusually bipartisan way, has finally passed a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine, the big question is what the Ukrainians should spend it on.
This aid comes not a minute too soon. Russia has been gathering momentum both on the ground and in the air, threatening a summer offensive that could crack the Ukrainians’ lines and threaten their major cities. These include Kharkiv — the major city nearest to the Russian border — and possibly Kyiv itself, forcing the government of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy out of the capital.