Biden discusses new aid to Ukraine, with more coming later
US President Joe Biden discussed how his administration will spend $800 million in aid approved for Ukraine this week.
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Biden promised to "do more in the days and weeks ahead"
The Biden administration is going to send $800 million in military and humanitarian aid that has been approved this week to Ukraine, and the US President himself detailed how this aid will be spent.
The funds, Biden said, will go toward drones, 800 anti-aircraft systems, 9,000 anti-armor systems, 7,000 small-arm machine guns, in addition to grenade launchers and shotguns. He also promised to “do more in the days and weeks ahead”.
“This new package on its own is going to provide unprecedented assistance to Ukraine,” Biden said at the White House, hours after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky pleaded with the US Congress for more aid.
Here is a more detailed breakdown, from the White House: pic.twitter.com/fLPwhGMSrZ
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Biden further condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia's operation in Ukraine, claiming that Russia's military forces are holding hundreds of doctors and patients hostage at a hospital in Mariupol.
“These atrocities are an outrage to the world,” he said.
With this $800 million in aid to Ukraine, the US has given the country at Russia's western borders $2 billion in assistance.
