US President Joe Biden has announced an additional 800 million dollars in military assistance for Ukraine in a teleconference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The two presidents talked on the phone for about an hour on Wednesday amid growing fears that Russian forces will launch a large-scale offensive in eastern Ukraine.
The While House later released a statement saying that the latest package of assistance will contain "new capabilities tailored to the wider assault we expect Russia to launch" in the region. It says the arms support will include artillery systems, artillery rounds and armored personnel carriers and helicopters.
Some of these are items that the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, revealed last week that Ukrainian forces had asked him to provide.
US military assistance to Ukraine, which has been extended since the start of the Russian invasion in late February, now totals over 2.5 billion dollars.
That is around 40 percent of Ukraine's military spending in 2020, estimated by Sweden's Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
The two presidents talked on the phone for about an hour on Wednesday amid growing fears that Russian forces will launch a large-scale offensive in eastern Ukraine.
The While House later released a statement saying that the latest package of assistance will contain "new capabilities tailored to the wider assault we expect Russia to launch" in the region. It says the arms support will include artillery systems, artillery rounds and armored personnel carriers and helicopters.
Some of these are items that the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, revealed last week that Ukrainian forces had asked him to provide.
US military assistance to Ukraine, which has been extended since the start of the Russian invasion in late February, now totals over 2.5 billion dollars.
That is around 40 percent of Ukraine's military spending in 2020, estimated by Sweden's Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
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US President Joe Biden announced an additional $800 million in military aid for Ukraine, discussing potential large-scale Russian offensives with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The new assistance package includes artillery systems, rounds, armored personnel carriers, and helicopters.
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URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220414_08/
Date: April 14, 2022
Created: 2022/04/14 11:45
Updated: 2025/12/09 17:00
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