With time running short on his presidency, Joe Biden has authorized one of his largest military support packages yet for Ukraine.
Marking the 22nd aid package for Kyiv, the Department of Defense announced on Saturday a $988 million assistance package that will provide Ukraine with critical munitions for rocket systems and unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The package also includes substantial support for maintenance and repair of artillery systems, tanks, and armored vehicles damaged during Ukraine’s nearly 3 years of defense against Russia.
Join the JBN+ WhatsApp GroupThe deal follows a $725M package announced last Monday that included a second delivery of landmines as well as anti-missile weaponry. It also follows Biden’s recent authorization allowing Kyiv to use U.S.-supplied missiles for strikes deeper into Russian territory.
However, the future of U.S. support for Ukraine remains uncertain, particularly given President-elect Donald Trump has openly scoffed at the billions of dollars in military assistance being spent.
On Saturday, Trump arrived in Paris for the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral, where a hastily arranged meeting was set up with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and French President Emmanuel Macron. Afterwards, the Ukrainian president described the meeting as “good and productive,” and emphasized that any peace agreement with Russia must include “strong security guarantees for Ukraine.”
“We all want peace. But it is very important for us that the peace is just for all of us and that Russian President Vladimir Putin or any other aggressor has no possibility of ever returning,” he said.
Even Trump sounded optimistic.
“Zelenskyy and Ukraine would like to make a deal and stop the madness,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “There should be an immediate ceasefire and negotiations should begin. Too many lives are being so needlessly wasted, too many families destroyed, and if it keeps going, it can turn into something much bigger, and far worse.”
No essential funding to/for Israel but there this bastard is writing out $&& for Ukraine. May this senile bastard suffer a very painful death
No essential funding to/for Israel but there this bastard is writing out $&& for Ukraine. May this senile bastard suffer a very painful death.
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