By Mike Stone
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pennsylvania, Arizona and Texas are among the U.S. states that have received the most funding and investment to arm Ukraine in its war with Russia, a Pentagon spending breakdown released on Friday showed.
Pennsylvania, a swing state in the Nov. 5 presidential election, received the most spending and investment of any state, with $2.52 billion to build weapons and ammunition in support of Ukraine’s efforts to repel the Russian invasion, according to Pentagon documents released Friday.
Ten months ago, the Biden administration first began distributing state-level data to Capitol Hill to drum up more support from Republicans.
Since last year, the Biden administration has insisted that many of the weapons sent to Kiev will be replaced by new contracts worth billions of dollars won by American companies that employ American workers.
Companies like Raytheon Co. (NYSE:RTX) in Arizona, which makes Patriot missile systems, and General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE:GD), which makes artillery shells that are manufactured in multiple states including Pennsylvania, Ohio and Texas, have seen multibillion-dollar contracts.
Arizona saw $2.02 billion in spending and investments tied to Ukraine, while Texas recorded $1.85 billion.
Documents Friday showed a state-by-state breakdown of $41.7 billion in purchases, investments and replacement spending on all types of systems in more than 35 states to support Ukraine.