US allocates $800 million for Ukraine's security

Lawmakers included a number of provisions in the NDAA that strengthen European security. The bill provides $800 million for Ukraine — $400 million for each of the next two years — as part of the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which pays American companies to manufacture weapons for the Ukrainian army, Reuters reports.

The document includes funding for the Baltic Security Initiative and allocates $175 million to support the defense of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.

The law limits the Pentagon's ability to reduce US troop numbers in Europe below 76,000 and prohibits the commander of US European Command from relinquishing the title of NATO Supreme Allied Commander.

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