The American aid includes in particular “anti-aircraft missiles to protect Ukraine’s essential infrastructure, anti-drone equipment and anti-armor missiles”, Joe Biden detailed, without specifying the amount of the envelope.
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They are not letting up. The United States will deliver a new package of military aid, including anti-aircraft missiles, to Ukraine, Joe Biden announced on Friday, August 23, after calling his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. Despite the Russian invasion, the American president wrote in a statement, Ukraine “is still a free country. And the war will end with a free, sovereign and independent Ukraine”he hammered home on the eve of Ukrainian Independence Day.
“This new package includes anti-aircraft missiles to protect Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, anti-drone equipment and anti-armor missiles to combat new Russian tactics on the battlefield.” as well as ammunition, Biden said, without specifying the amount of aid.
His government had also announced earlier Friday a new round of sanctions targeting 400 entities and individuals in Russia, Belarus and other countries, including some 60 defense technology companies, whose “products and services enable Russia to support its war effort” in Ukraine.
Since the beginning of the war, Washington has been kyiv’s main supporter, with a total of $55 billion in military and security aid to date. “Russia will not prevail in this conflict. The independent Ukrainian people will prevail, and the United States, along with its allies and partners, will continue to stand firmly by their side.”Joe Biden said again. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday evening that he thanked Joe Biden on the phone for the new American military aid, stressing the“emergency” for Ukraine to receive more weapons.
