Biden announces new $425 million aid to Ukraine
By
Mike Brest
October 16, 2024 4:12 pm
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The Biden administration announced a new military aid package to Ukraine on Wednesday, following a call between Presidents Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky.
This aid package is valued at $425 million and includes additional air defense capabilities, air-to-ground munitions, armored vehicles, and critical munitions, according to a readout from the White House. More than $59 billion of military aid has already been committed or provided by the U.S. since Russia’s full scale invasion began in February 2022. This $425 million is part of that commitment.
“President Zelensky updated President Biden on his plan to achieve victory over Russia, and the two leaders tasked their teams to engage in further consultations on next steps,” the White House said. “The leaders committed to intensify security assistance planning alongside international partners in order to ensure that Ukraine has the equipment it needs to prevail.”
The White House readout of the Biden-Zelensky call also specified that the U.S. will provide Ukraine “with a range of additional capabilities” in the coming months, “including hundreds of air defense interceptors, dozens of tactical air defense systems, additional artillery systems, significant quantities of ammunition, hundreds of armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles, and thousands of additional armored vehicles, all of which will help to equip Ukraine’s armed forces.”
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