
The State Department on Monday said that U.S. has agreed to provide Poland $2 billion in direct loans to help the NATO ally purchase new defense items to continue to modernize its military forces. The Foreign Military Financing (FMF) direct loan is backed by a $60 million subsidy in additional financing to give Poland the best financial terms possible. Poland has been a key supplier of arms for Ukraine in that country’s war against Russian invaders and has already embarked…