“It's just a procedure to speed up the supply of weapons,” explains Christina Quinn.
Lend-lease will not lead to appearance in Ukraine of some “crazy” debt after the war, said in an interview with “ European Truth »US Charge d'Affaires Christina Quinn, who has headed the US Embassy in Ukraine for over two years.
She stressed that the lease is just a mechanism that allows the president to supply weapons quickly.
“Contrary to its name (the word lend means” to borrow “), we are not saying that Ukraine should return everything it receives under this mechanism. The idea of a lease is different. When the United States sells or transfers weapons to another country, the government must go through an export procedure, obtain approval, and meet certain restrictions. And in order not to face these restrictions, it is proposed to transfer weapons on a lease basis, “Quinn explained.
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Formerly President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky He also said that the lease for Ukraine creates such favorable conditions that calling this system of cooperation between Ukraine and the United States a loan is not entirely correct: “First, we get access to modern weapons, ammunition, equipment. And we do not need to look for options to pay for it all. Secondly, now with a land lease, the President of the United States does not need to agree with Congress on the assistance he provides. This will definitely speed up supplies, “the president said.
The Kremlin, which , obviously, such strengthening of Ukraine is not profitable.
Law on Land Lease for Ukraine US President Joe Biden signed on May 9 .
