Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

The key process in a PDA is the determination and notification that President & Secretary of State send to Congress. Once that happens, the drawdown execution can begin; there isn't a time limit on its completion though.

12/20

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

So the President could sign a Drawdown for all the remaining ~$5.9 billion authority, and then deliveries could occur in FY25. The best thing for Ukraine would be to receive a lot of those defense articles upfront, but more likely, the Biden Admin will continue rationing.

13/20

‌Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

They are still hoping that Congress comes through though, and have planned to make a $375 million drawdown today. If Congress doesn't, then they have until Sept 30 to notify them of another drawdown for the remaining $5.55 billion.

https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-readies-375-million-arms-aid-package-ukraine-2024-09-20/

14/20

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

If there had been any foresight, the Biden Admin could have requested that the April supplemental authorize the PDA for both FY24 & FY25. Making things up as they go along has been a reliable hallmark of their Ukraine policy though.

15/20

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

Their new talking point that is emerging, is that US stocks are now critically, depleted, and they can only afford to give Ukraine very small, incremental drawdown packages. This too, of course, is a problem of their own making, caused by 2 and a half years of inaction.

16/20

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

Yes the US Army does not have enough PATRIOTs for their own requirements, so why not order more both for them and Ukraine? That has been an available option that has been ignored in favour of committing USAI funds to gimmicky pet projects of the Pentagon.

17/20

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

USAI funds could also be used to help finance the Czech ammunition initiative, but that too has been ignored by Secretary Austin.

18/20

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

Or to refurbish decommissioned armored vehicles sitting in the desert at Sierra Army Depot.

19/20

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

There are still some tools in the toolbox. As President Biden counts down to the day when he leaves the White House, he needs to consider if he wants his legacy to be that he starved Ukraine of aid and kicked the can down the road for the next President to deal with.

20/20

Ukraine Battle Map (Twitter)

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Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (Twitter)

In Omsk, saboteurs penetrated the territory of the military unit, and burned the Mi-8 helicopter of the Russian Aerospace Forces

Necro Mancer (Twitter)

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