• The package will include air-defense systems, artillery systems and munitions
The US announced a $3 billion security aid package to Ukraine for months ahead, to assist the latter’s defense systems against Russia.
The package will include air-defense systems, artillery systems and munitions, counter-unmanned aerial systems and radar, the White House said. It also includes funding to train Ukrainian forces for months on how to use Western weapons, defense officials said.
“Today and every day, we stand with the Ukrainian people to proclaim that the darkness that drives autocracy is no match for the flame of liberty that lights the souls of free people everywhere,” President Biden said in unveiling the package and marking Ukraine’s Independence Day.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Mr. Biden and the American people for both their congratulations and the security assistance.
“The people of Ukraine, all our defenders highly appreciate [America’s] unwavering support,” he wrote on Twitter. “Together we will win!”
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