Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/us-congress-revives-world-war-two-era-lend-lease-program-ukraine-2022-04-28/
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, massive support for Ukraine from Europe and the United States has prompted the United States government to bring back the lend-lease program for Ukraine. This program will be used to ship military aid to Ukraine much faster and more efficiently, without the need to pass new aid through congress for approval. The lend-lease program was last used during the Second World War to quickly provide large amounts of military aid to the Soviet Union and the UK who were in dire need of assistance fighting the Germans in the early stages of the War.
This article is important because it highlights the amount of support around the world for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Ukrainian people. This program will allow the flow of arms and other aid to Ukraine much quicker and will reduce the need for bureaucratic involvement, slowing down the process.
This article relates to class because it is showing the amount of international support for Ukraine. It also shows how the US government can introduce legislative means to speed up the process of aid and bypass the bureaucratic process with bogs down the shipments to Ukraine.