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57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]] which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]]. The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict, in order to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]], the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]], to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].

57 [[House]] members -- all Republican -- voted against the initial $40 billion provocation to prolong the 8-year ongoing [[Donbas war|Donbas civil conflict]] which began in 2014 when the [[Obama/Biden administration]] overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]]-elected government of Ukraine with the [[Maidan coup]]. The [[United States]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Zelensky regime]] violated the [[Minsk Accords]] negotiated with the [[Novorossiya|Donbas Republics]] to resolve the conflict, in order to buy time to arm, train, and equip a [[proxy war|proxy force]], the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]], to attack the people of [[Donbas]] who had voted for [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].

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.

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.<ref>[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/nato-already-vastly-outspends-russia-problem-not-money/149801/ NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia], BY WILLIAM D. HARTUNG, ''Defense One'', JULY 17, 2018. defenseone.com</ref> 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.