Trump administration obligates $307M for military aid to Ukraine

The Trump administration has made legally binding commitments to spend almost all of the $400 million Congress approved for military aid to Ukraine late last year, ensuring that the money will not expire on Sept. 30, according to three sources familiar with the plan.

As of early this week, $307 million of the $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 $93 million before the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30.

The Pentagon, which oversees the USAI program, declined to comment for this story.

First deliveries include weapons, spare parts

The money has been a source of contention with Congress, as Democrats and some of President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans have criticized the Pentagon for sitting on the aid for Kyiv, which members of both parties voted for last December.

Trump has in recent months taken a more positive tone toward Ukraine, signing off on a proposal to give a license for Ukraine to manufacture Patriot interceptor missiles and signing a Russia sanctions bill.

He met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy this week at UN headquarters in New York, after which Zelenskiy said they had discussed efforts to end the war with Russia, including a potential bilateral ceasefire on energy-related targets.

The first deliveries, which will include offensive weapons and equipment such as spare parts for armored vehicles, began this month. The rest are expected to be delivered before October 2029, the sources said. Trump’s White House term ends in January of that year.

The remaining $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.

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.

The U.S. war in Iran and the Ukraine war have depleted global supplies of Patriots, and Kyiv has been pleading for more.

Reuters reported in July that the administration had told Congress it could take years for the equipment to reach Ukrainian forces. The Pentagon has held up shipments of weapons to Ukraine several times out of concern that US weapons supplies were too low.

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.

Ukraine has been by far the top recipient of U.S. foreign aid since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, but the U.S. 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.

据三位熟悉该计划的消息人士透露，特朗普政府已做出具有法律约束力的承诺，将把国会去年底批准的 4 亿美元对乌克兰军事援助几乎全部支出，确保这笔资金不会在 9 月 30 日到期。

消息人士称，截至本周初，乌克兰安全援助计划 (USAI) 4 亿美元的资金中已有 3.07 亿美元得到落实。这些消息人士要求匿名，政府计划在 9 月 30 日财政年度结束前锁定剩余的 9300 万美元。

负责监管美国陆军航空兵（USAI）项目的五角大楼拒绝就此事发表评论。

首批交付物资包括武器和备件。

这笔资金一直是国会争论的焦点，民主党人和一些唐纳德·特朗普总统的共和党同僚批评五角大楼拖延向基辅提供援助，而两党成员在去年 12 月都投票赞成这项援助。

近几个月来，特朗普对乌克兰的态度变得更加积极，他批准了一项向乌克兰颁发制造“爱国者”拦截导弹许可证的提案，并签署了一项对俄罗斯的制裁法案。

本周，他在纽约联合国总部会见了乌克兰总统泽连斯基。会后，泽连斯基表示，他们讨论了结束与俄罗斯战争的努力，包括就能源相关目标达成潜在的双边停火协议。

首批交付物资已于本月开始，其中包括进攻性武器和装甲车零部件等装备。消息人士称，其余物资预计将在2029年10月前交付完毕。特朗普的白宫任期将于同年1月结束。

国会批准的方案中剩余的 9300 万美元不必在年底前花完，但如果届时没有正式签订合同，这笔资金将会失效。

不包含爱国者导弹

其中一位消息人士称，尽管俄罗斯用无人机和弹道导弹轰炸了乌克兰的城市，但这些军事装备并不包括爱国者导弹。

美国在伊朗的战争和在乌克兰的战争已经耗尽了全球爱国者导弹的供应，基辅一直在请求提供更多导弹。

路透社7月份报道称，美国政府曾告知国会，这批装备可能需要数年时间才能运抵乌克兰军队。五角大楼曾多次因担心美国武器供应过低而暂停向乌克兰运送武器。

当时议员们表示，他们对五角大楼的时间表感到不满，认为其对于一场正在进行的冲突而言异常缓慢，这个问题在国会听证会上反复出现。

自 2022 年 2 月俄罗斯全面入侵以来，乌克兰一直是美国对外援助的最大受益国，但自 2025 年 1 月特朗普上任及其共和党控制国会两院以来，美国对基辅的承诺受到了质疑。