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The Congresasional authorization 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 Congresasional authorization 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.

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ DepL. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref>

Only $6 billion of the original tranche actually made it to Ukraine.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-truth-about-the-40-billion-ostensibly-being-spent-to-arm-ukraine/</ref> Within a week after the bill was passed, [[Alexei Arestovich]], press spokesman for Ukrainian strongman [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] said, "[[The West]] is now passing the test of adequacy – and is gradually failing it by not supplying us with the necessary weapons."<ref>[https://amplifyukraine.eu/%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d1%85%d0%b0%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-the-west-is-now-passing-the-test-of-adequacy-and-is-gradually-failing-it-by-not-supplying-us-with-the-nec/ Dept. Translations of Ukrainian Telegram Channels], May 26, 2022.</ref> By December 2023 Arestovich was saying the Zelensky regime took the wrong side: "We shed [[blood]] to end up in the losing camp."<ref>[https://vk.com/video-221265170_456312797?ysclid=lpu4zv4q7i273278023 BOMBSHELL: Ukraine is on the wrong side, says Arestovich!], December 5, 2023. PRAVDA EN</ref>}}

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% payraise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums.  A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>

One of the first actions of the Ukrainian parliament after receiving the aid was to vote themselves a 70% payraise.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/ukrainian-parliament-votes-give-raise-thanks-us-taxpayers-country-bans-free-speech-targets-information-terrorists/</ref> In addition to corruption at all levels in the government and military, raking off funds for personal enrichment, US aid has been used to build soccer stadiums.  A [[CBS News]] documentary found that only 30% of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine ever made it to the front lines.<ref>https://archive.ph/Eco1D</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/v1f0qmr-cbs-news-exposes-ukraine-weapons-scam-30-maybe-reaches-its-final-destinatio.html</ref>