This aid package will include "additional missiles for Ukrainian air defense, more ammunition, more air-to-ground munitions, and other equipment to support Ukraine's F-16s," according to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
If Ukraine falls, it will be hard to spin as anything but a debacle for the United States, and for its president.
Ukraine's leader says partners sending ground troops would help "force Russia into peace," as America's European allies ponder Trump's next move.
The Biden administration is sending further military support to Ukraine for its war against Russia in the final days of the president’s term. The White House announced Thursday a $500 million package to provide Ukraine with air-defense missiles,
The White House seized a rare chance to undermine Russia and build up regional allies as it built a coalition to support the Ukrainians.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday said Donald Trump's return to the White House would open "a new chapter" and reiterated a call for Western allies to send troops to help "force Russia to peace".
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, one of the European leaders closest to Donald Trump, said on Thursday she believed the U.S. president-elect would defend Western interests once he took office and would not abandon Ukraine.
Germany’s chancellor blocks ‘urgent and necessary’ arms package to Kyiv as general election approaches
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced a new $500 million security assistance package for Ukraine in the waning days of the Biden administration.
Ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to office, Ukraine’s future course is shrouded in uncertainty as it loses ground to Russia’s far larger military.
Ukraine said that an F-16 pilot took out six Russian cruise missiles in a single flight, setting a record for the American-made fighter jet.