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The price of rebuilding Ukraine goes up each day − but shirking the bill will cost even more

  • Written by Jeffrey Kucik, Global Fellow at the Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition, Associate Professor at the University of Arizona, University of Arizona
imageMore than two years of war have left swaths of Ukraine in ruins.Pierre Crom/Getty Images

U.S. military assistance is finally on its way to Ukraine after months of being held up in Congress.

Reactions to the US$61 billion spending package, signed into law by President Joe Biden on April 24, 2024, have ranged from applause to indignation.

While few...

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