Pentagon Backs Up Biden’s Claim That Arming Ukraine Helps The U.S. Economy

A handful of states have seen more than $1 billion in Defense Department contracts sent their way as part of the effort to arm Ukraine while it fights off an invasion by Russia, according to a Pentagon document released Wednesday.

Arkansas topped the list, as home to companies with about $2.34 billion in contracts to provide new weaponry to Ukraine, replace existing U.S. weapons that were sent to Ukraine, or upgrade their infrastructure to help future production.

The Pentagon document, dated Nov. 22 and titled “Ukraine Security Assistance,” gives an overview of the military portion of U.S. assistance to Ukraine, which totaled about 69.5 billion euros (equivalent to $76.3 billion) committed through September, according to the Germany-based Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The Pentagon estimated that about $44 billion in security assistance has been provided to Ukraine.

The three-page Pentagon summary gives an overview of how and where roughly $30.6 billion of that military…