US President Joe Biden has announced a new $2.5 billion aid package for Ukraine. This was reported on the White House website.
In a statement, the US president said that since February 2022, the US has "rallied the world to stand with the Ukrainian people" and that Biden's top priority was to provide Ukraine with the support it needs to prevail. The current package includes $1.25 billion in additional aid for the military and $1.22 billion in the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI).
The package "builds on this effort and will provide Ukraine with both an immediate influx of capabilities" for the battlefield and longer-term supplies of air defence, artillery and other critical weapons systems.
"I’ve directed my Administration to continue surging as much assistance to Ukraine as quickly as possible—including drawing down older U.S. equipment for Ukraine, rapidly delivering it to the battlefield, and then revitalizing the U.S. defense industrial base to modernize and replenish our stockpiles with new weapons," Biden said.
The Ministry of Defence is in the process of delivering hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds, thousands of missiles and hundreds of armoured vehicles to strengthen Ukraine.