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12%
2 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Trump administration to meet deadline for Congress-approved aid to Ukraine, sources say
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sources → meet → Ukraine
The Trump administration has made legally binding commitments to spend almost all of the US$400 million (S$500 million) Congress approved for military aid to Ukraine late in 2025, ensuring that the money will not expire on Sept 30, according to three sources familiar with the plan.
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money → make → plan
As of early this week, US$307 million of the US$400 million of the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funding had been obligated, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, and the administration plans to lock in the remaining US$93 million before the fiscal year ends on Sept 30.
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year → obligate → Sept
The Pentagon, which oversees the USAI programme, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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which → oversee → comment
First deliveries include weapons, spare parts
The money has been a source of contention with Congress, as Democrats and some of US President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans have criticised the Pentagon for sitting on the aid for Kyiv, which members of both parties voted for in December 2025.
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members → include → December
Trump has in recent months taken a more positive tone towards Ukraine, signing off on a proposal to give a licence for Ukraine to manufacture Patriot interceptor missiles and signing a Russia sanctions Bill.
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Ukraine → take → Bill
He met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this week at UN headquarters in New York, after which Zelensky said they had discussed efforts to end the war with Russia, including a potential bilateral ceasefire on energy-related targets.
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they → meet → targets
The first deliveries, which will include offensive weapons and equipment such as spare parts for armoured vehicles, began this month.
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which → include → vehicles
The rest are expected to be delivered before October 2029, the sources said.
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sources → expect → October
Trump’s White House term ends in January of that year.
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term → end → year
The remaining US$93 million in the package approved by Congress does not have to be spent by the end of the year, but it will expire if it is not formally placed under contract by then.
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it → remain → contract
Patriot missiles not included
One of the sources said the military equipment did not include Patriot missiles, despite Russia bombarding Ukraine’s cities with drones and ballistic missiles.
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Russia → include → drones
The US war in Iran and the Ukraine war have depleted global supplies of Patriots, and Kyiv has been pleading for more.
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Kyiv → deplete → more
Reuters reported in July that the administration had told Congress it could take years for the equipment to reach Ukrainian forces.
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equipment → report → forces
The Pentagon has held up shipments of weapons to Ukraine several times out of concern that US weapons supplies were too low.
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supplies → hold → concern
Lawmakers said then they were unhappy with the Pentagon’s timeline, considered unusually slow for an ongoing conflict, and the issue has come up repeatedly at congressional hearings.
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issue → say → hearings
Ukraine has been by far the top recipient of US foreign aid since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, but the US commitment to Kyiv has been called into question since Trump took office and his Republicans took control of both houses of Congress in January 2025.
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Republicans → call → January
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