To support the Ukrainian potential in the Donbas and improve the armament of the Armed Forces.
The United States intends to provide Ukraine with additional military assistance of more than $ 322 million. This is stated in an official statement of the US State Department following the visit of Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to Kyiv.
“Secretary Blinken told President Zelensky that the United States intends to provide more than $ 713 million in foreign military funding (FMF) to Ukraine and 15 other Allies and partners in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans. This includes $ 650 in funding. million dollars, provided by the law on additional allocations for Ukraine from 2022 “, – said in the State Department.
In particular, more than 322 million dollars within this commitment are intended for Ukraine. The agency noted that the funds will provide support for Ukraine's military capabilities needed to counter the Russian army in the Donbas, and will help the Armed Forces to improve weapons and air defense systems.
Financial assistance to NATO allies will enable them to rebuild their potential transferred to Ukraine from its own reserves./p>
The agency noted that since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the United States has provided Ukraine with about $ 3.7 billion in security assistance. In all, Ukraine has received more than $ 4.3 billion from the United States since the Biden administration came to power.
Also today, the US State Department said that the Pentagon will continue to expand training for the Ukrainian military for them, weapons that come from Western military aid.
Earlier it was reported that Russia, which has launched a full-scale war against a sovereign neighboring state, requires the United States to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine >.
Faced with fierce rebuff in Ukraine, the Kremlin abandoned the plan to seize Kyiv and put its puppet government there. Moscow announced that from the very beginning its main goal was to reach the borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as to create a land corridor from the Crimea to the Donbas. What prospects await the invaders in the near future told Tatiana Silina in the article “Battle for Donbas: why Putin should lose” .
See special topic: < strong>Already 300 Russian officers have died in Ukraine, Mediazone reported. Although these total losses are 12 times less than according to the Armed Forces 44 of the killed officers – in the rank of lieutenant colonel and above. Newsweek: Putin wants victory in Ukraine in 14 days, will he be able to win it? Experts say the battle for Donbas is the latest offensive the exhausted Russian army is capable, and this offensive has already begun. What Macron's victory means for Europe: explains ECFR expert Tara Varma is convinced that Macron should go to Kyiv immediately in the company of German Chancellor Scholz. Finland and Sweden will apply to join NATO in May – media Potential candidate countries have decided not to wait for the Alliance's summit in late June. Christie's wants to raise $ 1 million to help Ukraine The auction will take place in April-May.
