In a final push toward the imminent start of the Trump administration, President Biden is expected to announce an additional $1.25 billion in military aid to Ukraine.
This large aid package includes significant military supplies, including for the nation’s advanced surface-to-air missile system and Hawk air defense system. The package also includes a Stinger missile and 155mm and 105mm artillery shells.
Officials plan to make an announcement on Monday, according to the Associated Press.
Zelenskiy worries that it will be dangerous if Ukraine loses its unity 1,000 days after the start of the war, and that it will be defeated if the US cuts funding
President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shake hands after signing a security agreement on the sidelines of the G7 on June 13 in Savelletri, Italy. (AP/Alex Brandon)
The latest funding comes after Biden earlier this month announced a $988 million aid package for Ukraine “to ensure we have the tools we need to win the fight against Russian aggression.” Ta.
“This administration has made its choice, and so has the bipartisan coalition in Congress. The next administration must make its own choice,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said earlier in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. No,” he said. “But I am confident that from this library, from this podium, President Reagan would have stood for Ukraine, for American security, and for human freedom.”
French President Emmanuel Macron (center), US President-elect Donald Trump (left), and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pose before a meeting at the Elysée presidential palace in Paris on December 7, 2024. On December 7, 2024, President Trump will make his first overseas trip since winning the election. Prepare for an intense day of diplomacy before attending the reopening ceremony of Notre Dame Cathedral, which was restored after a fire in 2019. (Sarah Messonnier/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
The Biden administration is committed to providing as much aid as possible to Ukraine before Trump takes office in January.
During the campaign, President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance harshly criticized the Biden administration’s support for Ukraine following Russia’s 2022 invasion.
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President Trump also said he would end the war before taking office, without providing details. Vance suggested earlier this year that the best way to end the war was for Ukraine to cede land occupied by Russia and establish a demilitarized zone, a suggestion that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected. I flatly refused.
Since his election hearing, President Trump on Saturday attended a ceremony marking the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, where a devastating fire broke out in 2019, and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Ukrainian soldiers from the 24th Brigade carry small arms during training in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, December 15. (Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
This latest announcement marks the administration’s 22nd aid package through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
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In early December, House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected the administration’s request for Congress to approve $24 billion in additional funding.
Johnson previously said: “It’s not Joe Biden’s place to make that decision now.” “We have a newly elected president and we are going to wait it out and follow the instructions of the new commander-in-chief in everything. So we do not expect the funds for Ukraine to come in right now. do not have.”
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