"he said while questioningCaine replied that he was unaware of the delay and told the senator to raise the matter with the "civilian leaders. Last month, Durbin askedabout the issue, who said the funding was going through "interagency processes" and that he expected news of its release "shortly. "In March, the Washington Post reported that the US government could have diverted the money allocated for Ukraine to replenish military stockpiles depleted during the war with Iran.wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post a month later, complaining that the $400 million in Ukraine aid approved by Congress was "now collecting dust at the Pentagon. "On Wednesday, Durbin said he met with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara earlier this month. Moscow has maintained that foreign military aid only serves to escalate the conflict and will not prevent Russia from achieving its military objectives.