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USA I’ll send a new one Military aid package to Ukraine worth $300 million.The presidential government announced this on Tuesday Joe BidenThis is the first such move in
USA I’ll send a new one Military aid package to Ukraine worth $300 million.The presidential government announced this on Tuesday Joe BidenThis is the first such move in months as Republican congressional leaders continue to block additional funding for Kyiv.
The White House is struggling to find a way to send more military aid given the battlefield situation and funding resistance from hardline Republicans.
US National Security AdvisorJake Sullivansaid the funding came from windfall savings on Pentagon contracts and was will be used for ammunition and artillery cartridges for highly mobile artillery rocket systems. (HIMARS, English abbreviation).
“This ammunition will allow Ukrainian guns to fire for some time.”but only for a short period,” Sullivan told reporters and added.
This is not enough to meet Ukraine’s battlefield needs, and it will not prevent Ukraine from running out of ammunition.
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US authorities were also exploring options for confiscating some $285 billion worth of Russian assets will be frozen in 2022 and used to pay for Ukraine’s weapons.
The announcement coincides with a White House meeting scheduled for Tuesday afternoon between Democrat Biden and Poland’s president and prime minister to discuss ways to bolster support for Kyiv.
Biden has supported military aid to Ukraine following a large-scale Russian invasion in 2022.while his likely Republican opponent in the November 5 US election, former President Donald Trump, takes a more isolationist stance.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Trump ally, has so far refused to call a vote on a bill that would provide another $60 billion to Ukraine.
The measure passed the Democratic-dominated Senate, and both House Republicans and Democrats say it will pass if the chamber’s Republican leaders allow a vote.
President of Ukraine, Vladimir ZelenskyHe stated this on Monday in an interview with French television. BFMWhat Ukraine has improved its strategic position despite the arms shortagebut suggested the situation could change again if no new supplies arrive.
He previously stated that Russia was preparing a new offensive, which would begin at the end of May or in the summer. Zelensky stated that Since February 2022, 31 thousand Ukrainian soldiers have died.
Denmark will provide Ukraine with a new package of military aid which includes Caesar artillery systems and ammunition worth approx. $336.6 millionThe Danish Ministry of Defense announced this on Tuesday.
Countries European Union we’re going to agree on new increase of 5 thousand 460 million dollars to a fund used to finance military supplies to Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing four officials briefed on the negotiations.
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