Biden Announces Another $800 Million in Military Aid for Ukraine
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On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced that he is seeking congressional approval to send another $800 million in military aid to Ukraine, adding to the roughly $1.6 billion in military aid already offered to help against Russia's invasion.
According to the Defense Department, the package will include howitzers, artillery rounds, tactical vehicles, and unmanned aerial drone systems. Biden also announced an additional $500 million in economic assistance to the Ukrainian government to help the country's struggling economy as the war in Ukraine enters its third month. The U.S. has already distributed the $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine approved by Congress in March.
The announcement comes as Russia mounts continuing assaults on the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, and as Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meet separately with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Washington, DC.
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The equipment will "further augment Ukraine's ability to fight in the east in the Donbas region," the president told reporters. The Defense Department said the package includes 72 155mm howitzers, 144,000 artillery rounds, 72 tactical vehicles to tow the howitzers and 121 unmanned aerial drone systems.
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