The US Department of Defense announced that the new support package for Ukraine is the 64th tranche of equipment delivered since August 2021. Its value is estimated at $125 million. dollars“It will provide Ukraine with additional capabilities to meet its most urgent needs, including: air defense capabilities; ammunition for missile and artillery systems; and anti-tank weapons,” the Pentagon said Friday night, Polish time. The package also includes medical equipment and spare parts.
War in Ukraine. USA on new aid package
“The package includes Rockets air defense to protect Ukraine's critical infrastructure; anti-drone equipment and anti-tank missiles to defend against Russia's evolving battlefield tactics; ammunition for frontline soldiers and mobile missile systems to protect them. Today, we are also putting on new sanctions on nearly 400 entities and individuals who enable Russia's illegal war, as part of our enduring commitment to hold Russia accountable for its aggression,” the President of the United States said in a statement on Friday. Joe Biden.
The American leader also noted that the G7 group is taking “unprecedented action to force Russia to pay for the damage it has caused by granting loans in the amount of $ 50 billion secured by the profits from frozen Russian assets.” Biden emphasized that “Russia will not win in this conflict.” “The independent people of Ukraine will win,” he said.
“Support helps us survive”
On Friday Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a telephone conversation. – On behalf of the Ukrainian people, I express my gratitude to your administration, Congress and the entire American people for the support that the United States has provided to our country since the first days of the war. This support helps us survive and preserve our statehood – said the Ukrainian politician.
“The Ukrainian head of state also noted the granting of a new defense support package. The president stated that Ukraine urgently needs weapons supplies from the announced defense packages, in particular additional air defense systems for reliable protection of cities, communities and critical infrastructure,” Volodymyr Zelensky's office said in a statement.