US EditionUS Congress Approves Funds for Baltic Nations as Russian Aggression on Nato's Eastern Flank Escalates
The $210 million package supports Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania’s military capabilities amid increased Russian airspace violations, reinforcing NATO’s eastern flank, Congress and experts say.
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American Military NewsUS Congress Approves Funds For Baltics As Russia Tests NATO's Eastern Flank
The US Congress has approved $200 million in security assistance for the Baltic states as Russian activity along NATO’s eastern flank intensifies.
On Tuesday, the US Congress approved the US defense budget and foreign missions budget, which also include security assistance to the Baltic states. Congress allocates $200 million in the defense budget for the US-Baltic defense assistance program Baltic Security Initiative (BSI) and $10 million in the foreign missions budget for Estonia through the defense assistance program Foreign Military Financing (FMF).
The US allocates $10 million to Estonia’s defence
The US Congress on 3 February approved the defence budget and the budget for overseas missions, which also include security assistance for the Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; $10 million was allocated to Estonia through the defence assistance programme Foreign Military Financing. Altogether, the Congress allocated $200 million to the US–Baltic defence assistance programme and the Baltic Security Initiative. The Baltic Security Initiative was esta…
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