In a final push toward the imminent start of the Trump administration, President Biden is expected to announce an additional $1.25 billion in military aid to Ukraine.
This large aid package includes significant military supplies, including for the nation's advanced surface-to-air missile system and Hawk air defense system. The package also includes a Stinger missile and 155mm and 105mm artillery shells.
Officials plan to make an announcement on Monday, according to the Associated Press.
Zelenskiy worries that it will be dangerous if Ukraine loses its unity 1,000 days after the start of the war, and that it will be defeated if the US cuts funding
President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shake hands after signing a security agreement on the sidelines of the G7 on June 13 in Savelletri, Italy. (AP/Alex Brandon)
The latest funding comes after Biden announced a $988 million aid package earlier this month. to ukraine This is to ensure “the necessary means to win the fight against Russian aggression.”
“This administration has made its choice, and so has the bipartisan coalition in Congress. The next administration must make its own choice,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said earlier in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. No,” he said. “But I am confident that from this library, from this podium, President Reagan would have stood for Ukraine, for American security, and for human freedom.”
French President Emmanuel Macron (center), US President-elect Donald Trump (left), and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pose before a meeting at the Elysée presidential palace in Paris on December 7, 2024. On December 7, 2024, President Trump will make his first overseas trip since winning the election. Prepare for an intense day of diplomacy before attending the reopening ceremony of Notre Dame Cathedral, which was restored after a fire in 2019. (Sarah Messonnier/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
The Biden administration is committed to providing as much aid as possible to Ukraine before Trump takes office in January.
During the election period, President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Trump will JD Vance He harshly criticized the Biden administration's support for Ukraine after Russia's invasion in 2022.
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President Trump also said he would end the war before taking office, without providing details. Vance suggested earlier this year that the best way to end the war was for Ukraine to cede land occupied by Russia and establish a demilitarized zone, a suggestion that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected. I flatly refused.
Since the election trial, Trump has Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy He was attending a ceremony to mark the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday after a devastating fire broke out in the city in 2019.
Ukrainian military personnel from the 24th Brigade are seen with small arms during training in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, Dec. 15. (Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
This latest announcement marks the administration's 22nd aid package through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
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In early December, House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected the administration's request for Congress to approve $24 billion in additional funding.
Johnson previously said: “It's not Joe Biden's place to make that decision now.” “We have a newly elected president and we are going to wait it out and follow the instructions of the new commander-in-chief in everything. So we do not expect the funds for Ukraine to come in right now. do not have.”
