U.S. announces $3.8 billion security assistance package for Ukraine, European allies

WASHINGTON – The Biden medication announced astir $3.8 cardinal successful information assistance for Ukraine and European allies connected Friday, Washington's largest bundle since Russia's full-scale penetration began astir a twelvemonth ago.

The upcoming subject assistance package, the 29th specified tranche, brings U.S. committedness to Ukraine's combat to astir $24.9 cardinal since the opening of the Biden administration.

The assistance includes $2.9 cardinal successful weapons to beryllium provided instantly to Ukraine, and $225 cardinal successful semipermanent financing to enactment Ukraine's military. The bundle besides includes $682 cardinal successful overseas subject financing to rebuild the arsenals of European allies.

The $2.85 cardinal weapons bundle includes Bradley infantry warring vehicles, artillery systems, armored unit carriers, surface-to-air missiles and ammunition.

New to this assistance bundle are the Bradley infantry warring vehicles, an armored tracked conveyance manufactured by U.S. defence steadfast BAE Systems. Bradleys are typically equipped with a rotating turret, mounted weapon and perchance TOW anti-tank missiles, though the White House declined to elaborate connected however the vehicles would beryllium outfitted.

U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said it would instrumentality "some time" for the vehicles to get to ukraine.

What I tin archer you is that we are going to bash it arsenic accelerated arsenic I can," Kirby said erstwhile pressed for a timeline.

He added that "it's not going to instrumentality precise long" for Ukrainian forces to larn however to usage the vehicles erstwhile U.S. troops bid them successful a determination extracurricular of Ukraine.