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USA, new assist package deal of 275 million {dollars} to Kiev
The Biden administration has introduced a brand new $275 million army assist package deal for Ukraine, as Kiev struggles to carry off Russian troop advances within the Kharkiv area. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned the package deal, previewed by two US officers on Thursday, “is a part of our efforts to assist Ukraine repel the Russian assault close to Kharkiv”.
“The help from earlier packages has already reached the entrance traces, and we are going to ship this new tranche of assist as shortly as attainable in order that the Ukrainian army can use it to defend their territory and defend the Ukrainian folks,” Blinken mentioned in a Note. “The United States and the worldwide coalition now we have assembled will proceed to face with Ukraine in defending its freedom,” he continued. The package deal consists of high-mobility artillery missile methods, or Himars, ammunition and 155mm and 105mm high-demand artillery shells.
Additional objects within the assist package deal embody the Javelin and AT-4 anti-tank methods; anti-tank mines, tactical automobiles, small arms and ammunition for such weapons. With this newest package deal, the United States has now supplied practically $51 billion in army help to Ukraine since Russia invaded the nation in February 2022.