Congress released the text of the $825 billion FY24 defense spending bill, which includes some Ukraine aid and funding for multiyear munitions contracts.
The new package is made possible by savings the department found in other contracts but isn't a reliable tool to fund Ukraine going forward, officials say.
The department is weighing options to keep arms flowing to ammunition-starved Ukraine, but there's no replacement for the aid package stalled in Congress.
European leaders are weighing five new initiatives to help Ukraine, with some steps requiring "some elements of deployment," the French president said.