“These $ 141.5 million (assumed) separately from $ 250 million for an initiative to assist Ukraine in the security field are still being discussed,” he said.
According to him, a request for allocation of the amount was sent to Congress "this week."
At the same time, the American defense department added that, taking into account this amount, the total amount of aid to Ukraine is $ 1.6 billion.
Earlier, the Ukrainian Minister of Finance Oksana Markarova said that the budget for the defense of Ukraine in 2020 will be about $ 10 billion.