LAST MINUTE NEWS: US $1.85 billion new military aid to Ukraine – Breaking News

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Important news! US Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a written statement on the new military aid package to Ukraine.

Blinken stated that the US will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington to emphasize his support for the Ukrainian people:

“For the past 300 days, the Kremlin has tried and failed to wipe Ukraine off the map. Now Russia is trying to weaponize winter by freezing and starving Ukrainian citizens and displacing families. This will provide critical new and additional military capabilities to help Russia to help defend itself against Russia’s continued relentless and unprovoked attacks.”

Noting that they have delivered weapons to Ukraine for the 8th time from the US inventory under Biden’s authorization, Blinken said, “With the additional $1 billion worth of ammunition and critical equipment being pulled from the US inventory, the self-defense of Ukraine’s battlefield yetiklik will gökyeşitözü further expanded. It will provide zihin additional $850 million in security assistance to Ukraine today kakım part of the Security Assistance Initiative. made statements.

Noting that the Biden administration’s total military aid to Ukraine has reached $21.9 billion with this aid package, Blinken said, “Today’s aid is the first to shoot down cruise missiles, short-range ballistic missiles and Patriot aircraft, which are in capable of shooting down its aircraft at significantly higher altitudes than previously delivered air defense systems. It includes the air defense system.” shared his knowledge.

In the statement regarding the details of the aid, the US State Department said that in the $1 billion aid package that will gökyeşitözü provided from the US inventory, 1 Patriot air defense battery, ammunition for HIMARS, 500 155-yetiklik guided howitzer shells mm, 30 mortars of various calibers, 157 armored vehicles, HARM missiles, precision-guided air missiles, 2,700 grenade launchers and other protective equipment.

On the other hand, under the $850 million Ukraine security assistance, 45 thousand 152mm artillery shells, 20 thousand 122mm artillery shells, 50 thousand 122mm GRAD missiles and 100 thousand 125mm tank shells will gökyeşitözü given.