The full name of the bill is The Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022.

This was reported in the White House.

It should be noted that the signing of the document was preceded by a procedure for the adoption of a law in the US Senate and US House of Representatives. So, on April 7, the US Senate unanimously adopted a bill to renew the World War II (Lend-Lease) program.

Later, on April 28, the US House of Representatives approved the Lend-Lease Act for Ukraine. As they explained this decision, they supported the proposal, since the Ukrainian defenders proved that they can fight off Russian troops and show real heroism in the fight against the enemy.

Lend-Lease: what is this program?

The lend-lease program is the assistance that the United States provided to the allies of the anti-Hitler coalition in the period from 1941 to 1945. It can be translated from English as “to lend and rent” (Lend Lease). The United States then provided the countries of Europe with about $60 billion in aid. At current prices, this amount is 700 billion dollars.

According to Oleksandr Musiyenko, head of the Center for Military Legal Research, this law has four main advantages for Ukraine:

• shortening the period for providing military assistance;
• the expansion of aid provided by the United States;
• assistance to Ukraine will become a priority in the US defense and security spheres;
• Ukraine in the future will be able to receive any weapon for which it will submit a request.

According to many experts, the introduction of the Lend-Lease program will greatly simplify the bureaucratic red tape in providing US assistance to Ukraine, as is happening now. After all, now any processes for the supply of weapons go through different American officials, which significantly slows down the whole process. According to experts, lend-lease is also useful for the United States itself, since this program will have a positive impact on the American economy and raise the rating of US President Joe Biden.

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