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This new package aims to enhance the capabilities of the Ukrainian army for the next two years, by providing it with more advanced surface-to-air missiles, artillery shells, laser-guided missiles and advanced drones.
stressed Biden In a statement, his country stood by Ukraine in its self-defence, stressing that "This money is intended to ensure that it can continue to defend itself in the long term".
Biden congratulated Ukraine on its independence anniversary, and said that the United States "Committed to supporting the Ukrainian people who continue their struggle to defend their sovereignty".
The US president continued: "Today is not only a celebration of the past, but a stark affirmation that Ukraine is and will remain a sovereign and independent country.".
The White House announced that Biden plans to call the Ukrainian president Volodymyr ZelenskyThursday, to congratulate him on Independence Day and to inform him of this American security assistance.
Assistant Secretary of Defense Colin Kahl said: "The United States has so far allocated more than $13.5 billion in military aid to Ukraine since the start of Biden’s term".
The new aid package includes 6 advanced surface-to-air missile systems "nasams" With its munitions, 310,000 artillery shells, 24 anti-artillery radar devices, and UAVs reconnaissance marches. "puma"and a new system called "vampire" Uses small missiles to shoot down enemy drones.
The new package comes while the Russian and Ukrainian sides are still engaged in heavy artillery battles, on a front line extending a long distance in the east of the country. Ukraine And south of it, amid neither side has been able to make significant gains in recent weeks.
But Ukraine has supplied 16 missile systems "himars" Since June, it has given its forces the ability to target dozens of command centers and ammunition depots in Russian areas far from the front line, slowing the pace of the Russian military advance.
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This new package aims to enhance the capabilities of the Ukrainian army for the next two years, by providing it with more advanced surface-to-air missiles, artillery shells, laser-guided missiles and advanced drones.
stressed Biden In a statement, his country stood by Ukraine in its self-defence, stressing that “these funds are intended to ensure its ability to continue to defend itself in the long term.”
Biden congratulated Ukraine on its independence day, and said the United States was “committed to supporting the Ukrainian people who continue their struggle to defend their sovereignty.”
“Today is not only a celebration of the past, but a stark affirmation that Ukraine is and will remain a sovereign and independent country,” the US president added.
The White House announced that Biden plans to call the Ukrainian president Volodymyr ZelenskyThursday, to congratulate him on Independence Day and to inform him of this American security assistance.
Assistant Secretary of Defense Colin Kahl said, “The United States has so far allocated more than $13.5 billion in military aid to Ukraine since the start of Biden’s term.”
The new aid package includes 6 advanced “NASAMS” surface-to-air missile systems with their munitions, 310,000 artillery shells, 24 anti-artillery radar devices, “Puma” reconnaissance drones, and a new system called “Vampire” that uses small missiles to shoot down drones. the enemy.
The new package comes while the Russian and Ukrainian sides are still engaged in heavy artillery battles, on a front line extending a long distance in the east of the country. Ukraine And south of it, amid neither side has been able to make significant gains in recent weeks.
But Ukraine’s supply of 16 high-precision HIMARS missile systems since June has given its forces the ability to target dozens of command centers and ammunition depots in Russian areas far from the front line, slowing the pace of Russian military advance.