пентагон почему-то перестал проводить постоянные брифинги про Украину, что там где происходит
Вот 15-го июня был один - но там рассказывают только про поставки оружия.As President Biden announced earlier today following his phone call with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, the United States will be providing Ukraine with another $1 billion of security assistance. This new assistance will support Ukraine's most urgent needs for artillery, as well as near-term priorities for coastal defense, secure communications and optics. The assistance is split between two different authorities: Presidential Drawdown Authority and the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, or USAI. We understand it can be confusing why we use either authority or both at the same time, so I wanted to start off by providing you with a little bit of an overview on that.
The presidential drawdown authority enables the department to draw from existing defense stocks to rapidly provide capabilities that Ukraine needs most urgently. The $350 million in this presidential drawdown package that's part of the $1 billion is designed to provide additional artillery systems and ammunition for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARs, for the concentrated artillery duel that continues to transpire in eastern Ukraine.
USAI is an authority that we've been utilizing since 2015. It was given to us by Congress after Russia's invasion of Crimea and eastern Ukraine. It enables the department to make direct purchases of equipment, as well as contract for training and maintenance and sustainment, including in support of equipment provided through presidential drawdown. USAI programs, in addition to meeting Ukraine's shorter-term needs, also help ensure Ukraine's enduring strength by providing for procurement and training of Ukrainian forces on NATO-standard equipment.
This $650 million in USAI that's part of this package represents an initial tranche of assistance from the $6 billion in USAI that was appropriated under the $40 billion supplemental given to us by Congress.
This announcement today represents the beginning of a contracting process to provide additional capabilities to Ukraine's Armed Forces, and (Senior Defense Official #2) here can address how the department is working with the services and industry to expedite those contracts as quickly as possible.
Using both presidential drawdown and USAI maximizes the support we're able to provide to Ukraine by enabling the department to draw down from existing military stocks, as well as contract for new equipment and services to meet Ukraine's most urgent requirements and minimize the potential negative impacts on U.S. readiness.
One such example of a capability that's included in the USAI package being announced today is a vehicle-mounted Harpoon, which will bolster Ukraine's coastal defense systems. I wanted to mention this because it's just one of over 1,300 proposals submitted by industry in response to a solicitation from the department for systems that can meet Ukraine's capability needs, and (Senior Defense Official #2) can talk more about that. With this announcement, the United States has now committed over $5.6 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since Russia began its unprovoked and brutal invasion back on February 24th. I also do want to underscore the contributions, very important contributions, that have been made by our allies and partners.
As the captain mentioned, today in Brussels, the secretary and that chairman met with their counterparts from over 40 countries, and they discussed how to better coordinate and cooperate on getting Ukraine the urgent security assistance it requires going forward, and in their press conference that concluded just a little bit ago, the secretary had some very important announcements coming out from new commitments made by allies and partners that will be beneficial to Ukraine.
Байден анонсировал сегодня, что добавляет ещё 1 мильярд помощи Украине. Сюда будет включена поддержка артиллерии, береговая защита, безопасность коммуникации и оптика. Помощь пойдёт из двух источников - Presidential Drawdown Authority (президентский отдел по расходам) и Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, or USAI (инициатива помощи Украине). Вам наверно ничо не понятно, я сейчас об'ясню.
"Президентский отдел" даёт нам брать оружие из наших собственных запасов, чтобы прислать его в Украину побыстрее. 350 мильёнов из этого мильярда - это что пойдёт со складов, артилерия, ракеты для хаймарсов.
USAI мы организовали ещё в 2015, после того как рашисты впёрлись в Крым и восточную Украину. Оно даёт нам прямо закупать оборудование, организовать тренинг, поддержку.
Эти 650 мильёнов для USAI представляют собой изначальный транш из 6 мильярдов USAI, которые входят в 40 мильярдов разрешённые конгрессом.
Сегодняшнее об'явление - начало контрактного процесса предоставления дополнительной помощи украинской армии, и [вот этот второй тип рядом со мной] может рассказать, как минобороны работает с сервисами и промышленностью, чтобы ускорить эти контракты.
Мы используем два разных отдела, чтобы максимизировать поддержку Украине - берём со складов и заказываем контракты на новое оборудование, чтобы и Украине помочь, и самим не остаться без всего.
Один из примеров работы - то, что сегодня об'явили, гарпуны примонтированные на транспортные средства. Это только одно из 1300 предложений промышленности в ответ на запрос правительства на системы, которые нужны Украине.
Сегодня министр встретился в Брюсселе с представителями 40 стран, они обсуждали, как лучше координироваться, чтобы помогать Украине.
