US embassy: Lend-lease mechanism not to result in huge debt for Ukraine

The supply of the US weapons upon lend-lease mechanism to Ukraine will not result in huge debt for the latter.

“This mechanism will speed up supplies. Lend-lease is a mechanism allowing the president to supply weapons quickly. Despite its name (to lend means to transfer temporarily), we do not say that Ukraine should return everything that it receives through this mechanism,” US envoy in Ukraine Christina Quinn said in an interview with Ukraine’s European Pravda website, published on May 16.

“The idea of lend-lease is different. When the US sells or transfers weapons to other country, the government should go through the export process, obtain approvals and comply with certain restrictions. It is proposed to transfer weapons upon the lend-lease mechanism not to face these restrictions,” Quinn said.

“To be honest, this is just a procedure to speed up the supply of weapons. Of course, lend-lease will not result in huge debt for Ukraine after the war,” the US diplomat said.