US President Joe Biden has announced his decision to provide Ukraine with additional military aid worth approximately $2.5 billion.He made the announcement on Monday December 30.
The war in Ukraine, a conflict that continues to expand with civilian casualties increasing since 2022.
On Monday December 30 US President, Joe Biden announced his decision to provide Ukraine with additional military aid worth approximately $2.5 billion.
According to the leadership,his intention to use his final weeks in office to support Kiev as he specified that $1.25 billion of the amount will consist of military aid drawn from US stockpiles, which will be transferred to the Ukrainian authorities under the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA).Biden’s term is set to expire on January 20.
Russia today disclosed that The remaining $1.22 billion will be supplied under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), through which the Pentagon issues contracts to the US military industry to build new equipment for Kiev.
The controversial update surfaces as US president elect Donald Trump vowed during his presidential campaign to resolve the conflict which Zelenskyy says cannot end with just a piece of paper.
The US Department of Defense is in the process of supplying “hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds, thousands of rockets, and hundreds of armored vehicles” needed to “strengthen Ukraine’s hand” as winter sets in, Biden stated.
On Monday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement that Washington had made the last disbursement of $3.4 billion under the 2024 Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act.
Moscow in all these, argues that the provision of arms, intelligence-sharing, and the training of Kiev’s troops means that Western nations are de facto directly involved in the conflict.
The US Congress since the genesis of the war in 2022 approved a total of $175 billion in spending related to the Ukraine conflict.
