US to include multiple-launch rocket systems into Ukraine aid
According to a CNN report, the Biden administration is getting ready to send "advanced, long-range rocket systems" to Ukraine.
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Lockheed Martin Multiple Launch Rocket System (M270)
According to CNN, citing US administration officials, the US wants to reveal a fresh package of military supplies to Ukraine next week, which may include multiple-launch rocket launchers.
According to the report, US President Joe Biden's government is planning to deliver the country "advanced, long-range rocket systems."
CNN reported that "the Biden administration wavered for weeks <…> on whether to send the systems" amid fears that the Ukrainian military "could use the systems to carry out offensive attacks inside Russia."
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On May 19, the US Congress decided to allocate $40 billion in funds for Ukraine.
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the United States had already given Kiev some $1 billion in economic aid, in addition to an additional $500 million cleared last week, not to mention the military aid the United States gave to Kiev since Biden took office.
The US is still sending arms to Ukraine despite the Russian ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, warning that the influx of Western arms to the conflict zone in Ukraine was adding fuel to the fire.
