![]() To date, the US has dispersed weapons and supplies to Ukraine through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative and the Presidential Drawdown Authority, which draws directly from Pentagon weapons stocks and requires replenishment funding.Ĭongressional staffers told CNN that based on how much the administration has been spending every month, they believe the remaining funds could run out sooner than September - and they have not yet heard from administration officials about whether the White House will request additional funding once that money is depleted. White House and Pentagon officials told CNN they are anticipating having to ask Congress for more funding, but want to first determine how to distribute the money they already have. The White House statement comes amid some anxiety on Capitol Hill about what they say is the administration’s lack of clarity on the issue.Īdministration officials told CNN they anticipate the White House’s Office of Management and Budget will have to ask Congress for more Ukraine funding once the current batch – approved by Congress in December – runs out. “As we get closer to the end of the fiscal year, we’ll reevaluate and determine what additional resources are needed.” “Thanks to the bipartisan Congressional support for Ukraine, we believe we have the resources we need through the end of this fiscal year,” a White House spokesperson told CNN. Maimer’s family did not return CNN’s request for comment, though his uncle, Paul, confirmed to the Idaho Statesman that the body in the video was Maimer’s. “So we will hand him over to the United States of America, we’ll put him in a coffin, cover him with the American flag with respect because he did not die in his bed as a grandpa but he died at war and most likely a worthy, right?” Prigozhin said. The leader of the group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, says in the video that the American was “shooting back” when he was killed in Bakhmut. "Unfortunately, Nick was not able to escape.”Ī video posted to Telegram on Tuesday by the private Russian military company Wagner Group appeared to show the group's leader inspecting a body and showing what he claimed were US identification documents. That’s when most of the Americans and Ukrainians there were able to escape," said a friend of Maimer, an American in Ukraine. ![]() "They got in the position that they were, artillery started coming in heavy and the building started to collapse.
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