美国正在恢复一个二战时期的项目，以支持乌克兰的战争物资。
周一，乔·拜登总统坐在椭圆形办公室的办公桌前，签署了2022年乌克兰民主防御租借法案，使之成为法律。该法案授权拜登向乌克兰和其他东欧国家租借国防设备随着俄罗斯在该地区的侵略继续。
“这很重要，真的很重要，”拜登在签署法案时说。
1941年颁布了一项类似的租借法案，为反对纳粹德国的盟国提供关键援助。富兰克林·罗斯福总统当时说，美国应该成为打败阿道夫·希特勒的“伟大的民主军火库”。
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乔·拜登总统签署了2010年乌克兰民主防御租借法案.
乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽伦斯基(Volodymyr Zelenskyy)表示，他“感谢”拜登和美国人民的支持。
“今天签署租借法案是历史性的一步，”Zelenskyy在推特上说。“我深信我们会再次一起取得胜利。我们将捍卫乌克兰的民主。以及在欧洲。”
《2022年乌克兰民主防御租借法案》是一项两党承诺，在参议院获得一致同意，在众议院以417票获得通过。
该法案的共同发起人、众议员约翰·卡特科(John Katko)表示，该法案将“扩大我们国家的能力，在乌克兰政府反击弗拉基米尔·普京的野蛮和非法入侵时，迅速向乌克兰政府提供额外的国防物资。”
“这是保护乌克兰未来及其人民安全的必要一步，”纽约共和党人卡特科补充道。
《租借法案》的共同发起人、参议员珍妮·沙欣(Jeanne Shaheen)表示，国会“不能放松”对乌克兰的援助。
“在乌克兰为自己的未来——以及全球自由民主的未来——而战之际，向前线运送军事装备至关重要，”国家卫生部长沙欣在一份声明中告诉美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)。
拜登在俄罗斯纪念胜利日几小时后签署了该法案，胜利日是庆祝苏联战胜纳粹德国77周年的节日。俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京利用这个机会为他于2月24日开始的入侵乌克兰进行辩护。
“你们在为祖国、为祖国的未来而战，这样就没有人会忘记第二次世界大战的教训，”普京在周一的一次讲话中说。
值得注意的是，普京在讲话中没有宣布战争或胜利。
与此同时，泽伦斯基仍然目中无人，称“乌克兰将很快迎来两个胜利日”。
“在战胜纳粹主义的那一天，我们正在为新的胜利而战，”泽伦斯基在视频信息中说。“通往它的道路是艰难的，但我们毫不怀疑我们将取得胜利。”
Biden signs bill to expedite shipments of weapons, supplies to Ukraine
The United States is bringing back a World War II-era program to bolster Ukraine's war supplies.
Sitting at his desk in the Oval Office on Monday, President Joe Biden signed the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 into law. The legislation gives Biden the authority to lend or lease defense equipment to Ukraine and other Eastern European nationsas Russia's aggression in the region continues.
"It matters, it really matters," Biden said as he signed the bill.
A similar lend-lease program was enacted in 1941 to provide pivotal aid to Allied nations in the battle against Nazi Germany. President Franklin Roosevelt said at the time that the U.S. should serve as a "great arsenal of democracy" to defeat Adolf Hitler.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was "grateful" to Biden and the American people for their support.
"Today's signing of the law on Lend-Lease is a historic step," Zelenskyy tweeted. "I am convinced that we will win together again. And we will defend democracy in Ukraine. And in Europe."
The Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 was a bipartisan undertaking, passing the Senate by unanimous consent and the House of Representatives with 417 votes.
Rep. John Katko, a cosponsor of the bill, said the law will "expand our nation's ability to expeditiously deliver additional defense articles to the Government of Ukraine as they fight back against Vladimir Putin's barbaric and unlawful invasion."
"This is a necessary step to protect the future of Ukraine and the safety of its people," Katko, R-N.Y., added.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, also cosponsor of the lend-lease legislation, said Congress "cannot let up" on providing assistance to Ukraine.
"As Ukraine fights for its future -- and the future of liberal democracies around the globe -- delivering military equipment to the frontlines is paramount," Shaheen, D-N.H., told ABC News in a statement.
Biden signed the bill just hours after Russia's commemoration of Victory Day, a holiday celebrating the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany. Russian President Vladimir Putin used the occasion to defend his invasion of Ukraine, which began on Feb. 24.
"You are fighting for the motherland, for its future, so that no one forgets the lessons of the Second World War," Putin said in a speech on Monday.
Putin notably did not make any declaration of war or victory during his remarks.
Zelenskyy, meanwhile, remained defiant, stating there will soon be "two Victory Days in Ukraine."
"On the Day of Victory over Nazism, we are fighting for a new victory," Zelenskyy said in a video message. "The road to it is difficult, but we have no doubt that we will win."
