US Sending New $250 Million Arms Package to Ukraine

Published on September 6, 2024

The United States is set to send a new package of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine, to assist in its war with Russia. The Department of Defense announced the military assistance package, which it valued at $250 million, in a Sept. 6 press statement. The military assistance package draws from the Presidential Drawdown Authority, an account the president may pull from to quickly divert military equipment from U.S. ordnance to a foreign country in a time of emergency. The Friday announcement marked the 65th time since August 2021 that the Biden administration has drawn from U.S. weapons stores to assist Ukrainian forces....

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