last Saturday The Biden administration has announced a $988 million aid package to Ukraine. To ensure that Ukraine “It has the necessary tools to combat Russian aggression.”
“This administration has made a choice. And so is the bipartisan coalition in Congress. The next administration will have to make its own choices,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. speaking Saturday at the Reagan National Defense Forum in California. “But from this library, from this podium, I am confident that President Reagan will stand with Ukraine. America’s security and human freedom”
The aid package is provided through the Ukraine Security Assistance Program and “will provide Ukraine with munitions for rocket systems and unmanned aerial systems,” a statement from the administration said. “The package also includes support for maintenance and repair projects. To help Ukraine rebuild its armed forces and create and maintain fighting power.”
The announcement came as President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a ceremony commemorating the opening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. again on Saturday after the disastrous fires of 2019.
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last Saturday The Biden administration has announced a $988 million aid package to Ukraine. To ensure that Ukraine “It has the necessary tools to combat Russian aggression.” (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
During the campaign Trump and colleague J.D. Vance have heavily criticized the Biden administration’s support for Ukraine after Russia’s invasion in 2022, and Trump has said he will end the war before he even takes office. without giving further details
Vance also suggested earlier this year that the best way to end the war was for Ukraine to cede Russian-held territory. and for the establishment of a demilitarized zone President Volodymyr’s proposal Ukraine’s Zelenskyy flatly denies it.
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French President Emmanuel Macron (center) poses with voters for President Donald Trump (left) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Palace A. Lise in Paris on Saturday (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissad)
Zelensky recently said he was more open to war talks. and demanded that Ukraine be allowed to join NATO.
The Biden administration is committed to providing as much aid to Ukraine as possible before Trump takes office in January.
“In September The president has announced a sharp increase in security assistance for Ukraine. to put Ukrainian forces in the strongest possible position before he leaves office,” National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said. said in a statement on Monday. along with announcing assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 725 million dollars
Secretary Lloyd Austin (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
“Between now and mid-January We will deliver hundreds of thousands of additional rounds of artillery. Thousands more rockets and other important abilities To help Ukraine protect its freedom and independence.”
Last month, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, “President Biden is committed to ensuring that every dollar we have is pushed out between now and January 20.”
Saturday’s announcement is the administration’s 22nd aid package through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
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This week, House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected a request by the executive branch of Congress to approve $24 billion in additional funding.
“It’s not Joe’s job right now. Biden to make that decision,” Johnson said. “We have a newly elected president. And we will wait and get a new commander to oversee all of that, so I don’t expect any Ukrainian funding to happen right now.”
