Biden announced an $800 million package of security assistance to Ukraine to “further augment” its ability to fend off Russia’s new offensive in the southeastern Donbas region
President Joe Biden on Thursday announced an $800 million package of security assistance to Ukraine to “further augment” its ability to fend off Russia’s new offensive in the southeastern Donbas region.
The package will include heavy artillery weapons, tactical drones and dozens of howitzers, as well as 144,000 rounds of ammunition for those howitzers, Biden said in a speech at the White House.authorized by Congress for UkraineBiden said he would send a supplemental budget request to lawmakers next week “to keep weapons and ammunition flowing without interruption to the brave Ukrainian fighters and to continue to deliver economic assistance to the Ukrainian people.
Biden also announced an additional $500 million in direct economic assistance to the Ukrainian government, bringing the total U.S. economic support for Ukraine to $1 billion over the last two months.told reportersThe actions announced on Thursday are the latest taken by the Biden administration since the start of the Russian assault in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region this week.against a Russian commercial bank, a Russian oligarch and his network, and Russia’s virtual-currency mining industry.
The administration has already rolled out several rounds of assistance to Ukraine, as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of the country has dragged on for 57 days, and Ukrainian forces have remained largely successful in repelling the Russian invaders.
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