The Defense Ministry announced a new $400 million military assistance package for Ukraine, the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
On Friday, Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh spoke to reporters about the new aid circular, saying it “represents the start of a procurement proceeding to provide more precedence functions to Ukraine. “
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The United States joins through the Netherlands to pay for the renovation of forty-five Czech T-72B tanks, which will be delivered to the Ukrainians. Hawk air defense missiles, and 250 M1117 armored security vehicles, among others.
President Joe Biden and his management have committed more than $18. 2 billion since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, and that in total is just under $19 billion the amount of security assistance since the administration began.
“Generally speaking. . . our source of weapons and functions for Ukraine has evolved since the beginning of the war in February because the desires of the battlefield have evolved. Right now, it’s right in air defense,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters. Friday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky: “I am grateful to others for some other $400 million army assistance program for armored vehicles that will liberate us from Ukrainian land. We appreciate this continued support!
His public show of gratitude comes less than a week after it was reported that Biden “got carried away” by Zelensky and told the Ukrainian leader that Americans had generously donated to the war against Russia, while Zelensky was asking Washington for more, according to NBC.
The most recent attendance came a week after the last one, which was valued at around $275 million. This assistance did not come with significant new weapons, but with additional ammunition for the precision-guided 500 x 155 mm high-mobility artillery rocket system. artillery shells, 2000 x 155 mm rounds of ranged anti-armor mine systems, more than 1300 anti-armoured shell systems, 2. 75 million rounds of small arms and light weapons, 4 satellite communication antennas and 125 Humvees.
The scenario in Kherson is the significant maximum. The region came under Russian rule shortly after the invasion began in late February and is considered strategically important due to its proximity to Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested civilians in the occupied region leave on Friday, as Russian forces plan to withdraw from the area.
“We continue to see that Ukrainians are slowly making progress in the south. The lines, so to speak, have been pretty static in the last few days, with a lot of movement,” Kirby added.