US to announce “substantial” military aid package for Ukraine in coming days – media
The outgoing administration of US President Joe Biden plans to announce its final military aid package for Ukraine on Thursday, 9 January, which is expected to be "substantial". Source: Associated Press, citing two US officials, as reported by European Pravda Details: The official announcement of the US military aid package will coincide with the meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, also known as the Ramstein format.
Advertisement:The AP sources did not specify the package's exact value, but indicated it would be significant.
However, it seems unlikely that the remaining US£4 billion in funding authorised by Congress to the White House for Ukraine will be exhausted.
Officials stated that more than US£2 billion will likely be left for Donald Trump's future administration to manage.
Background:
Advertisement:- On 30 December, the US announced a nearly US£2.5 billion defence aid package for Ukraine.
- This included US£1.25 billion worth of weapons and equipment from Pentagon stockpiles and US£1.22 billion allocated for new weaponry orders under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI).
- Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, the total amount of US military aid to Ukraine has reached US£66 billion.
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