Pentagon: $5.9B in Ukraine aid is left to be spent before October 1

FILE - A Patriot missile mobile launcher sits outside the Fort Sill Army Post near Lawton, Oklahoma, March 21, 2023. The Pentagon says it has nearly $6 billion in funding for Ukraine left that could expire at month's end unless Congress or the State Department takes action. FILE - A sapper inspects fragments of a Russian air bomb that hit a living area, injuring 10, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, May 22, 2024.

The Pentagon says it has nearly $6 billion in funding for Ukraine left that could expire at the end of this month unless Congress or the State Department acts to extend the military's authority to draw weapons from its stockpiles to send to Kyiv.