Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defense Minister Lloyd Austin have announced a new “package” of military aid to Ukraine.
The United States promised $ 713 million in additional military assistance and announced the appointment of a new US ambassador to Ukraine. The first details of the results of a closed-door meeting between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Reuters reports.
high-ranking officials, since the beginning of the full-scale military invasion of Russia into Ukraine on February 24. Blinken and Austin flew from Washington to Poland, and then by land to Kyiv.
During the meeting, the issue of supplying Ukraine with modern weapons and new military assistance from the United States was discussed. United States officials have pledged $ 713 million in new aid to the Ukrainian government and other countries in the region who fear further Russian aggression.
Also in the coming weeks, US diplomats are scheduled to return to Ukraine, and a new ambassador is to be appointed in Washington soon.
“There is no substitute for this personal communication, and, of course, returning to the country is symbolic,” said a State Department spokesman.
Anthony Blinken and Lloyd Austin have already left Ukraine and are heading to Germany for a NATO meeting.
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