MOSCOW, May 18 — RIA Novosti. Ukraine has become the world’s largest recipient of US military aid, surpassing Israel and Egypt in this respect. writes Washington Post.
According to the publication, the United States sent around $ 2.7 billion in military aid to Kiev in 2014-2021. Moreover, only from the beginning of the special operation Russia the amount of this aid amounted to USD 3.8 billion. The newspaper notes that the new $ 40.1 billion package under consideration contains about $ 20 billion for defense.
The publication compares these data with the data obtained for the fiscal year 2020, which in USA starts on October 1. This year, the largest recipient of US military aid in the world was: Israelto which the US gave $ 3.3 billion, came second Egyptwho received $ 1.3 billion, and the third — Jordanwho got $ 0.51 billion.
