The United States has formally allocated $400 million in military aid to Ukraine for fiscal year 2026 as part of a $900 billion defense spending bill approved by the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
The legislation, which passed 312-112 in a bipartisan vote, reauthorizes the Pentagon’s Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), a program that provides weapons to Kyiv through U.S. defense contractors. The funding continues into 2027 at the same level.
The bill also limits reductions of U.S. troops in Europe, barring deployments below 76,000 for more than 45 days. Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., Olha Stefanishyna, said the measure requires the Defense Department to notify Congress within 48 hours if intelligence sharing with Ukraine is restricted.
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President Donald Trump has not issued new aid under the Presidential Drawdown Authority, instead supplying arms to Ukraine via NATO partners through the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List. On Dec. 10, he told reporters:
“We’re not spending any money in Ukraine. We’re selling equipment, basically missiles and everything else, to NATO, and NATO’s paying us and then they distribute to who they want, I guess they’re mostly distributing to Ukraine. But we’re not spending money.”
The bill now moves to the Senate, where it is expected to win bipartisan support.