Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives at White House in first trip abroad since Russian invasion; $US1.85 billion in additional military aid announced. Follow updates here.
The United States will provide $US1.85 billion in additional military assistance for Ukraine, including a transfer of the Patriot Air Defence System, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday .
The assistance includes a $1 billion drawdown to provide Ukraine with “expanded air defence and precision-strike capabilities” and $850 million in security assistance, Blinken said in a statement. Russia said last week that US plans to supply Patriot missile defence systems to Ukraine were a “provocation” and a further expansion of US military involvement in the Ukraine conflict.
“Today’s assistance for the first time includes the Patriot Air defence System, capable of bringing down cruise missiles, short range ballistic missiles, and aircraft at a significantly higher ceiling than previously provided air defence systems,” Blinken said in the statement released by the US State Department.
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