O package will include more drones and ammunition for high mobility artillery ‘rocket’ systems (HIMARS) and is part of a long-term arms financing project.
The United States on Saturday announced $1 billion in arms support for Ukraine, in an effort by the Biden administration to spend all the money authorized by Congress before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
O package will include more drones and ammunition for high mobility artillery ‘rocket’ systems (HIMARS) and is part of a long-term arms financing project.
This measure is intended to support Ukraine’s future military capabilities and not making an immediate difference.
O $988 million package joins an additional $725 million in US military assistanceannounced on Monday, that they will be removed from the Pentagon’s stocks to reach the front lines more quickly.
The US supplied Ukraine with more than $62 billion in military aid since the February 2022 invasion of Russia.
With doubts about the Trump’s future military support for Ukrainethe Biden administration has been trying to spend all the remaining dollars from a massive foreign aid bill passed earlier this year to improve Kiev’s situation.
Long-time admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump criticized US aid to Ukraine and called for a quick end to the warraising concerns in Ukraine about the terms that might be set for any future negotiations.
