President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that the United States will provide Ukraine with a new military aid package worth nearly three billion dollars, the largest to date, Reuters reports.

US President Joe BidenPhoto: Yuriy Hrypas-Pool via CNP / SplashNews.com / Profimedia

The leader of the White House specified that this is “the largest tranche of security assistance so far”, six months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The roughly $3 billion allocated “will allow Ukraine to acquire air defense systems, artillery systems and ammunition, anti-drone anti-aircraft systems and radars to ensure that it can continue to defend itself in the long term,” Biden said, according to the press. the release of the American president, on the very day of Ukraine’s Independence.

Reuters reported on Tuesday evening about the new aid package for Ukraine from an official source in Washington who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The agency said the funds will come from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, approved by the US Congress to allow the US government to buy weapons from manufacturers instead of sending Ukrainians weapons from existing US stockpiles. (Source Agerpres)

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