As Russia prepares to intensify its attack in the eastern Donbas region, the United States has pledged an additional $800 million in weapons, ammunition, and other security assistance to Ukraine.
President Joe Biden pledged the additional security assistance in a call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday.
This authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance is the seventh drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. "This new package of assistance will contain many of the highly effective weapons systems we have already provided and new capabilities tailored to the wider assault we expect Russia to launch in eastern Ukraine," Biden said in a statement. These new capabilities include artillery systems, artillery rounds, and armored personnel carriers. Biden has also authorized the Defense Department to transfer additional helicopters to the Ukrainian government.
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