New NDAA Gives $300 Million in Military Aid to Ukraine

Includes mandatory sanctions on companies involved in Nord Stream 2
Dave DeCamp

Antiwar.com
Dec. 15, 2019

The House approved National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will include $300 million in new military aid to Ukraine. The bill also calls for mandatory sanctions on any company involved in the Nord Stream 2 project, a natural gas pipeline linking Russia and Germany.

Congress approved $250 million in military aid to Ukraine in last year's NDAA, this year's will add another $50 million. On top of previously approved lethal aid, the new NDAA will include new anti-ship missiles and coastal defense cruise missiles.

New reports say that $20 million of the $250 million in military aid President Trump released to Ukraine in September is still in US accounts. With Ukraine's military aid being at the center of the impeachment inquiry, this $20 million hold-up is being portrayed as scandalous.

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