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Ukraine: US announces new military aid
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The United States has just announced new military aid to Ukraine worth $150 million, including artillery ammunition and radar.
This aid includes, among other things, 25,000 155 mm shells, counter-battery radars to detect Russian artillery fire and communications jamming devices, an American official quoted by the media said.
In a statement on Friday, US President Joe Biden stressed that Congress must quickly release the envelope required to strengthen Ukraine on the battlefield and at the negotiating table.
“For Ukraine to succeed in this next phase of the war, its international partners, including the United States, must continue to show their unity and resolve to keep arms and ammunition flowing into Ukraine. without interruption,” he insisted.
In a separate press release, Secretary of State Antony Blinken specified that the amount of this aid represented 150 million dollars.
Since the start of the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the Biden administration has provided some $3.8 billion in military aid to Kyiv. The previous tranche announced was 800 million.
“The United States is providing a historic amount of security assistance to Ukraine at a sustained pace,” said the White House tenant, saying that the support of the United States and other allied countries had been “critical for the Ukrainian victory. in the Battle of kyiv”.
Mr. Biden is due to participate in a virtual meeting of the leaders of the great powers of the G7 on Sunday with also Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the occasion of May 8, the day marking the end of the Second World War in Europe.
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