The Pentagon said the remaining $9 billion in agreed military aid to Kiev

The USA has more than $9bn left to help Ukraine within the framework of the agreed financial and military support packages. This was reported by Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder on December 5.

"$2.21 billion - under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, $6.8 billion - under the PDA program," he said, broadcast on the YouTube channel of the US Department of Defense.

Ryder also stressed that the White House instructed the U.S. defense forces "to do everything possible to continue to provide assistance to Ukraine."

Last step: West says loan to Kiev agreed from profits from frozen Russian assets

US shifts responsibility for Ukraine to allies

Earlier, on December 4, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that in the coming weeks Kiev would start receiving $50bn from the USA and European Union countries at the expense of profits from frozen Russian assets.

Ukraine on Dec. 4 signed a memorandum of understanding and a loan agreement with the European Union to attract €35 billion in aid to Kiev, which are part of an initiative by the G7 countries on a mechanism for additional loans to boost Ukraine's budget revenues. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal also reported on November 28 that the EU had signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine for the first part of the €18.1bn loan with repayment from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets.

Prior to that, on November 7, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (his term expired on May 20) called the Russian assets frozen by the West as Ukrainian money. He also called for finding a mechanism to transfer them to Kiev as soon as possible.

Western countries have stepped up military and financial support for Ukraine against the background of the Russian special operation to protect Donbas, the launch of which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022, after the situation in the region worsened due to shelling by the Ukrainian military.