SIDE. >> Reporter: APPRECIATE IT.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP GAVE TWO
EXPLANATIONS FOR TEMP RAMPLY
WITHHOLDING AID TO UKRAINE.
ONE THAT HE WANTED OTHER
COUNTRIES TO GIVE MORE.
THE OTHER THAT THE GOVERNMENT IN
KYIV.
KYIV. >> AID TO MILITARY IN UKRAINE IS
AT THE CENTER OF HEARINGS GOING
ON IN WASHINGTON.
BUT CENTER OF ANOTHER STORM
BETWEEN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA.
U.S. HAS GIVEN $1.5 BILLION IN
SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE
TO ENHANCE THE EASTERN EUROPEAN
COUNTRY’S MILITARY CAPABILITIES
IN THE FACE OF RUSSIAN
AGGRESSION.
AGGRESSION. A REMINDER, RUSSIA IN 2014
INVADED THE VN VNUKRAINIAN CRIME
LINCE
LINCE NINSULA.
NINSULA. PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID -- THAT
DOES NOT JUSTIFY RUSSIA ENCROACH
ENCROACHING ON UKRAINE’S
TERRITORY OR SOVEREIGNTY.
THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
I SAID VERY EARLY ON SHOULD
RUSSIA DO SO, THERE WOULD BE
CONSEQUENCES.
CONSEQUENCES. >> Reporter: SUPPORTING
SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA AND
ASSISTANT TO UKRAINE.
WHAT WAS CLEAR.
AMERICAN SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE WAS
A WAY TO COUNTER RUSSIAN
AGGRESSION.
AGGRESSION. FOR EXAMPLE, THEN SENATOR JOHN
McCAIN SAID AT THE TIME OF THE
INVASE, EVERY MOMENT THAT THE
UNITED STATES AND OUR ALLIES
FAIL TO RESPOND SENDS A SIGNAL
TO PRESIDENT PUTIN HE CAN BE
EVEN MORE AGGRESSION AND
AMBITIOUS IN HIS REFRTSEFFORTS I
UKRAINE.
UKRAINE. SAME HOLDS TRUE TODAY.
>> VLADIMIR PUTIN WOULD LOVE
THAT.
THAT. WANTS ALL ASSISTANCE HALTED
FOREVER.
FOREVER. WHEN THEY SEE THAT NOMET ONLY DO
THEY PLOT THAT --
>> Reporter: AMERICAN AID TO
UKRAINE HAS A SYMBOLIC AND
PRACTICAL PURPOSE.
PRACTICAL PURPOSE. MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE KILLED
SINCE THE START OF THE WAR.
IN JUNE THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE ANNOUNCED $250 MILLION
TO UKRAINE TO PROVIDE AMONG
OTHER THINGS SNIPER RIFLES,
ROCKET PROPELLED GRENADE
LAUNCHERS AND WEAPON DETECTION
EQUIPMENT.
EQUIPMENT. SEPARATELY THE STATE DEPARTMENT
WOULD PROVIDE MORE AID.
>> WITHOUT QUESTION THE UNITED
STATES IS UKRAINE’S MOST
IMPORTANT MILITARY ALLY RIGHT
NOW.
NOW. THAT THOSE NUMBERS REPRESENT A
MAJOR PART OF THEIR DEFENSE
BUDGET AND SOME UNIQUE WEAPONS
INCLUDING THE JAVELINS, THESE
ANTI-TANK MISSILES THAT WITHOUT
THEM SHE HAVE NO OTHER WAY TO
ACQUIRE THAT KIND OF MILITARY
TECHNOLOGY.
TECHNOLOGY. THEY ARE EXTREMELY DEPENDANT ON
THE UNITE TO HELP THEM DETER
RUSSIAN AGGRESSION.
RUSSIAN AGGRESSION. >> BUT IN JULY THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION BLOCKED
ADMINISTRATION BLOCKED ASSISTANCE BEFORE THE PHONE CALL
WITH PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR
ZELENSKY CITING TWO MAIN
REASONS.
REASONS. BELIEVE THAT EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
DIDN’T HOLD UP THEIR FAIR SHARE.
>> WE’RE WORKING WITH UKRAINE
AND WANT OTHER COUNTRIES TO WORK
WITH UKRAINE.
WITH UKRAINE. WHEN I SAY WORK I’M REFERRING TO
MONEY.
MONEY. PUT UP MORE MONEY.
WE PUT UP A LOT OF MONEY.
>> Reporter: THAT ISN’T ENTIRELY
TRUE.
TRUE. THE EUROPEAN UNION PUT UPPEDED
63.5 BILLION IN FINANCIAL AID
ACCORDING TO A FACT SHEET FROM
THE EU DIPLOMATIC ARM.
THE IMS, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY
FUND FORWARDED $40 MILLION IN A
BAILOUT AS WELL AND CORRUPTION.
>> WE’RE SUPPORTING A COUNTRY,
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
COUNTRY IS HONEST.
VERY IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT
CORRUPTION.
CORRUPTION. YOU DON’T TALK ABOUT CORRUPTION,
WHY WOULD YOU GIVE MONEY TO A
COUNTRY YOU THINK IS CORRUPT?
>> Reporter: LARGELY AGREE THE
U.S. AID THROUGH UKRAINE WAS
CRUCIAL IN HELPING THE EASTERN
EUROPE COUNTRY FIGHT OFF IT’S
AGGRESSOR, RUSSIA.
AGGRESSOR, RUSSIA. THE MILITARY WAS TOLD WHEN
UKRAINE HAS RADAR SYSTEMS THAT
THEY WERE GIVEN THOSE RADARS
DROPPED FROM 47% TO 18%.
ADDITIONALLY EXPERTS SAY
RUSSIA’S CONTINUE OCCUPATION OF
UKRAINE REPRESENTS NOT ONLY ON
PHYSICAL AGGRESSION BUT ALSO ON
A DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN.
THE MAIN NARRATIVE OF THIS
CAMPAIGN, UKRAINE IS A FAILED
STATE WITH NO GLOBAL STANDING
AND PROBABLY BE UNDER RUSSIAN
CONTROL.
CONTROL. HELPING AID WITH ONE OF THE MOST
POWERFUL COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD
PLAYS DIRECTLY INTO THIS
MESSAGE.
MESSAGE. THE ADMINISTRATION RELEASED THE
AID TO UKRAINE IN MID-SEPTEMBER
AN BIPARTISAN KRIT SCHL OF THE
DECISION AND CONCERNED PRESIDENT
TRUMP WITHHELD AID.
AT LEAST FIVE HOUSE COMMITTEES
ARE INVESTIGATEING AND BOTH THE