U.S. President Joe Biden announced an additional $3 billion in military aid to Ukraine, the largest U.S. package ever announced on Kyiv'...
U.S. President Joe Biden announced an additional $3 billion in military aid to Ukraine, the largest U.S. package ever announced on Kyiv's Independence Day.
According to a report published in the mak news-21, the announcement of this large package by the United States comes at a time when officials have warned that Russia appears likely to launch new attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure and government facilities in the coming days. is planning.
Joe Biden, announcing the package, said that the United States is committed to supporting the Ukrainian people fighting to defend their sovereignty.
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The announced new package comes from funds from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, a fund approved by Congress to help the Joe Biden administration buy weapons from existing U.S. arms stockpiles to help Ukraine instead of weapons companies. Can buy weapons.
The U.S. president praised Ukraine's resistance to Russian aggression, saying the $2.98 billion in weapons and other equipment is intended to ensure Ukraine can continue to defend itself for the long term.
Joe Biden said the nearly $2.98 billion in aid would enable Ukraine to acquire air defense systems, state-of-the-art munitions and radars and ensure that it can continue to defend itself for the long term.
The Pentagon said the new package would include six additional surface-to-air missile systems, known as NASMS, 24 counter-artillery radars, Puma drones, and a Vampire counter-drone system. will
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In total, the United States has pledged more than $13.5 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the Joe Biden administration took office in January 2021.
Thousands of soldiers and civilians of both countries have been killed in the biggest war in Europe since World War II.
Joe Biden said 6 months of continuous attacks have added to the pride of Ukraine's 31 years of independence.
"Ukraine Reborn"
On the occasion of the 31st anniversary of his country's independence from the Soviet Union, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed his determination to completely expel Russian forces from the country in his speech, saying that when Ukraine was attacked 6 months ago. It was as if that time was his new birth.
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The 44-year-old leader, speaking in front of Kyiv's central independence monument, vowed to regain the occupied territories of the Crimean peninsula along eastern Ukraine, which Russia annexed in 2014.
In his speech, the Ukrainian president said that we will not sit down at the negotiating table in fear and fear, with a gun pointed at our heads. There are handcuffs, not trenches, but shackles.
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On the other hand, other Western countries also offered more military support to Ukraine.
Norway said it and Britain would supply Ukraine with micro-drones to help with target recognition.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met President Zelensky in Kyiv on Ukraine's Independence Day and promised a further package of military aid.
Boris Johnson's office said in a statement that the £54m package would include 200 drones and weapons to enable the Ukrainian military to better detect and target invading Russian forces.
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