{"id":70429,"date":"2025-07-11T17:14:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T17:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/07\/11\/proposed-senate-defense-bill-would-add-500m-in-long-term-ukraine-aid\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:03:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:03:59","slug":"proposed-senate-defense-bill-would-add-500m-in-long-term-ukraine-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2025\/07\/11\/proposed-senate-defense-bill-would-add-500m-in-long-term-ukraine-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Senate defense bill would add $500M in long-term Ukraine aid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Senate\u2019s version of its fiscal 2026 defense policy bill would provide $500 million in long-term security aid to Ukraine<\/a>, a week after the Pentagon temporarily paused<\/a> military equipment heading to the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the proposed National Defense Authorization Act, which the Senate Armed Services Committee approved by a 26-1 vote Wednesday, the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative would receive a refresh in funding after the Biden administration emptied it earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That account is one of two main ways the Pentagon has provided military support to Ukraine over the last three years. Rather than directly ship stocks from the U.S. military, it contracts defense firms to build weapons Ukraine needs and then provide them over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not nearly enough in terms of scale. But the intent is to show that we believe Ukraine requires additional support,\u201d a congressional aide said on the condition of anonymity while briefing on the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\t