Ukraine has an agreement with the administration of US President Joe Biden on several aid packages to strengthen the domestic military-industrial complex and long-range capabilities.
This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a meeting with journalists, a Suspilne correspondent reports .
Today, $400 million (US Secretary of Defense Austin announced another military aid package during his visit to Kyiv on October 21 – ed.) Also, in the coming days, another package should be for $800 million – this is the first tranche for our long-range capability. Then there should be the next tranche, also for long-range, in the amount of 700-800 million, – Zelenskyy said.
On October 21, in the morning, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in Kyiv for an unannounced visit. During a briefing, he said that since February 2022, the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, the United States has provided Ukraine with more than $58 billion in military aid.
During a meeting with President Zelenskyy, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced another $400 million military aid package for Ukraine. It includes additional ammunition, armored vehicles, and anti-tank weapons.
