Biden signed the Lend-Lease law for Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a speech at a military industrial corporation's Lockheed Martin facility. File photoWASHINGTON, May 9. US President Joe Biden signed the Lend-Lease Act for Ukraine, which simplifies the provision of military assistance to Ukraine. The document, approved by both houses of Congress, is intended to simplify the provision of military assistance to the country. In particular, he temporarily removes a number of «requirements related to the president's powers to lend-lease defense equipment if it is intended for the government of Ukraine or other countries of Eastern Europe that have been subjected to Russian invasion,» according to the description of the document on the website of the US Congress. The bill was introduced by Texas Senator John Cornyn in January of this year. The practice of lend-lease became widely known during the Second World War, when the United States, on a partially reciprocal basis, supplied weapons and strategic materials to allies in the anti-Hitler coalition, including the Soviet Union. Under consideration by Congress there is an administration request for assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 33 billion for the current fiscal year (ends October 1), 20.4 billion of this package is provided for «additional military and security assistance» to Ukraine, 8.5 billion — economic assistance Kyiv.Unprecedented catastrophe: Biden was accused in the United States of starting a conflict with Russia