President Joe Biden is planning to send additional $800 million in military aid to help Ukraine fight the Russian invasion
President Joe Biden speaks as he meets with military leaders in the Cabinet Room the White House, Wednesday, April 20, 2022, in Washington. WASHINGTON — — President Joe Biden is set to announce plans to send anto help Ukraine fight back against the Russian invasion, according to a White House official.
The new package is expected to include much needed heavy artillery and ammunition for Ukrainian forces in theBiden was to speak on the new assistance, and more broadly about the situation in Ukraine, hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the strategic city of Mariupol. Putin, however, ordered his troops not to risk more losses by storming the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the war’s iconic battleground.
Russian troops have besieged the port city since the early days of the conflict and largely reduced it to ruins. A senior U.S. defense official said training of Ukrainian personnel on American 155mm howitzers has begun in a European country outside Ukraine.
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