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'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''' was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022''' on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>   

'''Ukraine aid''', also known as the '''Slava Slush Fund''' was formally introduced into the Senate as S. 3522, the '''Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022''' on January 19, 2022, more than 5 weeks before the Russian intervention in the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war]].<ref>Introduced in Senate (01/19/2022) Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/summary/00</ref>   

57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 Billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>  

57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]], bill, HR 7691.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/05/10/168/78/CREC-2022-05-10-pt1-PgH4775.pdf</ref>  

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion, nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget. By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.

By May 2023, the Congress provided about $116 billion,<ref>[https://www.crfb.org/blogs/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022 Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022], Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, JAN 5, 2023. www.crfb.org</ref> nearly twice the [[CIA]] estimated Russian defense budget. By September 2023, the entire U.S. investment had been destroyed on the battlefield.

The bill pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]].  The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] in order to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref>  The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]], to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.

The bill pays the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian government officials, effectively making Ukraine a U.S. [[colonialism|colony]].  The United States would have to borrow the $40 billion from the [[Peoples Republic of China]] in order to fund the bill.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-was-right-to-insist-on-fiscal-accountability-for-ukrainian-aid-bill</ref>  The amount of funding was enough to guarantee, even after the demilitarization of Ukraine, defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield, capture of the capital city of [[Kyiv]] and fall of the [[Kyiv regime]], to continue a terrorist partisan insurgency in Russian held areas and a [[hybrid war]] into the [[Russian Federation]] itself for several years into the future.