is for a wide variety of purposes, a lot of it is directly for ukraine, macroeconomic systems, weapons assistance, humanitarian assistance, humanitarian assistance but there is also quite a lot for backfilling depleted us munitions, a number of weapons stores and a range of weapons stores and a range of other activities but essentially around whether directly or indirectly supporting ukraine and compensating areas of the us government coffers that have been depleted a bit thus far. you mentioned depleted munitions. what will this money means ukraine? how significant is at? i means ukraine? how significant is at? ~ , ., ., is at? i think it is going to be very is at? i think it is going to be very significant. - is at? i think it is going to be very significant. there | is at? i think it is going to i be very significant. there is direct provision of military equipment ranging from howitzers to spare part stop it is also provision for support to intelligence and other sort of informat
and we absolutely need to end this war and we absolutely need to have a solution for this war. in extra funding for ukraine. he said the money was designed to defend ukraine, rather than attack russia. today, in order to sustain ukraine, as it continues to fight, i am sending congress a supplemental budget request that will keep weapons and ammunition flowing without interruption to the brave ukrainian fighters and continue delivering economic and humanitarian assistance to the ukrainian people. earlier, i spoke to former pentagon official elbridge colby and asked him how these funds will be used. it is for a wide variety of purposes, a lot of it is directly for ukraine, macroeconomic assistance, direct weapons assistance, humanitarian assistance, but there is also quite a lot for backfilling depleted us munitions, and other weapons
humanitarian assistance but there is also quite a lot for backfilling depleted us munitions, a number of weapons stores and a range of other activities but essentially around whether directly or indirectly supporting ukraine and compensating areas of the us government coffers that have been depleted a bit thus far. you mentioned depleted munitions. what will this money mean to ukraine? how significant is it? i think it is going to be very significant. there is direct provision of military equipment ranging from howitzers to spare parts. also provisions for support to intelligence and other sort of information work, so i think that will be very material, but it s also important for the united states because there has been some reporting around how we have gone through a lot of say ourjavelin and stinger stockpiles and how it is going to take us quite a bit of time and resources to restore and fill those back up so i think that is also part of the story here.
this evening the uk is going to be departing some of these tanks with british personnel on a temporary basis to allow poland to transfer more of its own tanks. we basis to allow poland to transfer more of its own tanks. more of its own tanks. we are backfilling more of its own tanks. we are backfilling behind more of its own tanks. we are backfilling behind them? - more of its own tanks. we are backfilling behind them? yes, more of its own tanks. we are - backfilling behind them? yes, they have signed backfilling behind them? yes, they have signed a backfilling behind them? yes, they have signed a deal backfilling behind them? yes, they have signed a deal from backfilling behind them? yes, they have signed a deal from a - backfilling behind them? yes, they have signed a deal from a supplier| have signed a deal from a supplier of 250 moderate tanks from the united states but until those arrive the polls require some degree of protection externally. it s also important, this
announcement. that s what we re doing finding these systems that they can transfer to the ukrainians and that the ukrainians can use immediately that are compatible. we can t provide them patriots or other systems like that. we re backfilling with u.s. and other nato allies capabilities with us manning those systems under over time we can train them and equipment and give them the end items themselves. we re doing that across the board. i made the effort last night specifically to reach out to a very senior member of the pentagon who i know and trust from years of combat together and i m quite convinced we re doing that. now you may highlight rightly a communications issue. that s a different issue. what are you asking me is what i think we re doing. it will never be enough. i was never satisfied as a