Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced a new batch of 6 billion dollars He spoke about Ukraine at a press conference on Friday.
“This is the largest security assistance package we have ever committed to,” Austin said.
Assistance will be provided through Ukraine Security Assistance InitiativeThis means the US will buy weapons from defense contractors before sending them to Ukraine.
The new aid is 1 billion dollars The package announced by the Biden administration will be sourced from U.S. stocks and should arrive much faster than the weapons being purchased.
Both are pulled from $61 billion President Biden signed the Ukraine National Security Supplemental Act on Wednesday.
The $6 billion package includes critical air defense weapons. patriot system.
Ukraine’s president: “We urgently need Patriot systems and missiles for them” Volodymyr Zelensky He said this in a meeting with the United States and other allies on Friday.
The meeting was hosted by the Ukrainian Defense Liaison Group, which celebrated two years of alliance on Friday.
Zelensky also said He also requested long-range artillery.The US secretly supplied Ukraine with a long-range version of the Army’s tactical missile system (ATACMS) Early this month.
Ukraine aid follows several months delay This forced the Ukrainian military to ration ammunition on the battlefield, giving Russia an advantage.
general charles brownThe chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters on Friday that the additional measures will give the Ukrainian military some breathing room even before the weapons arrive.
Brown added that this “gives us a little more flexibility to effectively operate and use that capability against the Russian threat.”
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