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Trump signed Consolidated Appropriations Act allotting $560M to Ukraine

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U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law H.R. 244, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, which authorizes appropriations that fund the operation of the Federal Government through September 30, 2017.

Censor.NET reports citing The White House press service.

The document envisages assistance to Ukraine in the amount of at least $560,465,000 including $410,465,000 to be spent on various assistance programs and $150 million under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.

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The U.S. Congress also approved the allocation of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $150 million. The document stipulates that these funds will be available to the Pentagon in order to provide Ukraine with military support including provision of defensive lethal weapons and hardware, logistics support, intelligence support of the Ukrainian army and national security forces, training of Ukrainian armed forces personnel and other programs.