{"id":135475,"date":"2019-09-03T20:07:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T20:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smg.go-vip.net\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/03\/us-lawmakers-press-trump-to-release-aid-for-ukraine-to-fight-russia\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:00:01","slug":"us-lawmakers-press-trump-to-release-aid-for-ukraine-to-fight-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/09\/03\/us-lawmakers-press-trump-to-release-aid-for-ukraine-to-fight-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"US lawmakers press Trump to release aid for Ukraine to fight Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is pressuring the Trump administration to release $250 million in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2018\/03\/01\/ukraine-officially-cleared-to-buy-javelin-weapons\/\" target=_blank>military aid<\/a> to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a letter sent Tuesday to acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, the leaders of the Senate\u2019s bipartisan Ukraine Caucus expressed \u201cdeep concerns\u201d as the Trump administration evaluates the aid package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice President Mike Pence, a day earlier in Warsaw, Poland, voiced U.S. support for Ukraine and condemned Russia\u2019s \u201cillegal occupation of Crimea and Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine.\u201d But Pence also expressed concerns about Ukraine\u2019s corruption problems and seemed to confirm that President Donald Trump asked that the aid package be reviewed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI mean, to invest additional taxpayer in Ukraine, the president wants to be assured that those resources are truly making their way to the kind of investments that will contribute to security and stability in Ukraine,\u201d Pence told reporters. \u201cAnd that\u2019s an expectation the American people have and the president has expressed very clearly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pence said that when he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in Warsaw, they discussed America\u2019s support for Ukraine and \u201cthe upcoming decision the president will make on the latest tranche of financial support, in great detail.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/11\/26\/us-lawmakers-urge-trump-to-arm-ukraine-break-silence-on-russian-blockade\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18330300210500.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US lawmakers urge Trump to arm Ukraine, break silence on Russian blockade<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are pressuring President Donald Trump to take a tougher line on Moscow after an incident at sea between Ukraine and Russia, which is ratcheting tensions between the two neighbors.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move to hold up the aid, which helps Ukraine buy lethal weapons and was first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/08\/28\/trump-ukraine-military-aid-russia-1689531\" target=_blank>Politico<\/a> last week, sparked bipartisan ire. Lawmakers argue the U.S. must maintain its commitment to help Ukraine defend against Russia-backed separatists, since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aid \u201chas helped Ukraine develop the independent military capabilities and skills necessary to fend off the Kremlin\u2019s continued onslaughts within its territory,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. The funding falls under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday\u2019s letter to Mulvaney comes from Ukraine Caucus co-chairs Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., as well as Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.; Dick Blumenthal, D-Conn.; and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. Johnson chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, and Shaheen is its top Democrat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cU.S.-funded security assistance has already helped turn the tide in this conflict, and it is necessary to ensure the protection of the sovereign territory of this young country, going forward,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The letter follows separate pushback on social media from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;In willfully delaying these funds, the Trump Administration is once again trying to circumvent Congress&#8217; Constitutional prerogative of appropriating funds for U.S. government agencies,\u201d Menendez said in a statement. \u201cIt is also undermining a key policy priority that has broad and deep bipartisan support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2018\/05\/23\/for-first-time-ukraine-showcases-its-american-made-javelin-missiles\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2673475.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">For first time, Ukraine showcases its American-made Javelin missiles<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Ukraine has showcased its new Javelin missiles for the first time since the United States approved the sale of the weapons.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Adam Kinzinger, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Europe, wrtoe in a tweet Thursday: &#8220;This is unacceptable. It was wrong when [President Barack] Obama failed to stand up to [Russian President Vladimir[ Putin in Ukraine, and it\u2019s wrong now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trump administration\u2019s reported request for senior officials \u2015 Defense Secretary Mark Esper and national security adviser John Bolton \u2015 to review the aid package became public after the White House<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/08\/22\/white-house-backs-off-foreign-aid-cuts-1472130\" target=_blank> lost<\/a> an internal battle to cut $4 billion foreign aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. lawmakers have urged Trump to take a harder line on Russia on a number of fronts since he took office. 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