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Witness: Ukraine can transition toward defense consumer model; committee hears options for finance and repayment
Summary
General Keane described mechanisms—frozen Russian assets and Ukrainian mineral resources—that could help shift Ukraine from an aid recipient toward a defense consumer able to finance its own defense industry; members pressed options for loans and allied coordination.
During questioning on Ukraine policy, General Jack Keane outlined ideas to reduce U.S. taxpayer exposure while sustaining Ukrainian defenses, describing two broad sources of finance: seized or frozen Russian assets and Ukrainian natural resources.
Keane suggested pressuring European partners to release frozen Russian assets and noted a Canadian geological assessment that…
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