'''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'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> 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'''<ref>[https://patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com/p/the-lend-lease-act-and-ukraines-debt The Lend-Lease Act and Ukraine’s Debt Crisis: The Price of Corruption and Mismanagement], Patrick Lancaster, Feb 25, 2025. patricklancasternewstoday.substack.com</ref> 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> |