(EFE).- United States president Joe Biden announced Wednesday a new $2.98 billion military aid package for Ukraine on the occasion of the country’s Independence Day and on the sixth month milestone of the Russian invasion.
“The United States of America is committed to supporting the people of Ukraine as they continue the fight to defend their sovereignty,” Biden said in a statement.
“As part of that commitment, I am proud to announce our biggest tranche of security assistance to date: approximately $2.98 billion of weapons and equipment to be provided through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative,” the president added.
Biden said the military aid package would allow Ukraine to purchase air defense systems, artillery systems and munitions, among other weapons, “to ensure it can continue to defend itself over the long term.
“I know this independence day is bittersweet for many Ukrainians as thousands have been killed or wounded, millions have been displaced from their homes, and so many others have fallen victim to Russian atrocities and attacks,” he said.
He added: “But six months of relentless attacks have only strengthened Ukrainians’ pride in themselves, in their country, and in their thirty-one years of independence.”
Since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the Biden administration has given Ukraine over $13.5 billion in military aid.
“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,” Biden concluded. EFE
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We aren’t going to fight the war—just pretty much finance it.
Zelensky must have one hell of a Hunter/Joe Biden corrupt Burisma dossier he his holding over Joe’s head like a sword of Damocles, to be able to squeeze so much US military aid from him for the Ukraine. For once Joe’s evil doings turn out to result in a good act for our military, and will accomplish more with supplies and treasure than they ever could with American men and American blood. Too little too late of course.
That needs to stop now. The Ukraine is just another Corrupt Government, the poor citizens drank their kool- aid.
AT THIS RATE< Ukraine may wind up being MORE COSTLY than both Iraq and Afganistan were, COMBINED.
AND that's not even getting into the billions, the left will likely whine for, to help "Ukrainians REBUILD"…