Biden Admin Announces $6 Billion in New Security Funding for Ukraine

Published on April 26, 2024

The Biden administration is unveiling $6 billion in new security assistance for Ukraine as the embattled nation attempts to fend off Russia’s invasion. The new assistance package, announced on April 26, uses funds from the $61 billion Ukraine supplemental passed by Congress earlier in the week, and “includes equipment to augment Ukraine’s air defenses, fires, and artillery, and to sustain capabilities,” according to a statement from the Pentagon. Most security assistance delivered by the United States to Ukraine has thus far been made using presidential drawdown authorities, in which the president authorizes a dollar amount worth of weapons to be transferred to Ukraine directly from U.S. stockpiles....

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