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Does the April 2024 US foreign aid package include millions of dollars for pensions in Ukraine?

Friday, April 26, 2024
By Tom Kertscher
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The $95 billion U.S. aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan prohibits funds from being allocated to pensions in Ukraine.

President Joe Biden signed the package into law April 24, 2024.

Ukraine gets $61 billion for its war with Russia, including $14 billion for buying weapons.

Also included is $8 billion in economic support that “may include budget support,” none of which “may be made available for the reimbursement of pensions.”

Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, who represents most of northern Wisconsin, said on Wisconsin talk radio that the law includes “millions” for pensions in Ukraine.

His office, pointing to a U.S. State Department news release, told Wisconsin Watch that Tiffany meant to say that previous U.S. aid packages funded Ukrainian pensions.

A top Ukrainian official warned in December that Ukraine might have to stop making pension payments if foreign assistance wasn’t provided soon.

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US Congress Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
omny.fm Guest: Congressman Tom Tiffany - The Meg Ellefson Show 042524 - The Meg Ellefson Show
U.S. State Department The United States Funds Economic Survey of Ukraine for Sustainable Recovery
Financial Times Ukraine warns of pension and salary delays without western aid
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