President Joe Biden said Friday that he will sign a new weapons package for Ukraine, as the country enters its 11th week of conflict with Russia.
I am announcing another package of security assistance that will provide additional equipment to Ukraine. Biden wrote in a statement that the United States has provided a historic amount of security assistance to Ukraine.
Biden's latest military aid package is the ninth in a row. The president has the authority to transfer excess weapons from U.S. arsenals without congressional approval.
Last month, Biden requested $33 billion from Congress. He said on Friday that the U.S. and its allies must continue to give weapons to the country in order for it to succeed against Russia.
Biden said that Congress should give the requested funding to strengthen Ukraine on the battlefield and at the negotiating table.
The last military aid package of $800 million was announced on April 21. 72 howitzers, 144,000 artillery rounds, and more than 121 tactical drones were included in the package.
Here is a look at the weapons the U.S. is sending to Ukraine.
More than 100,000 U.S. troops have been sent to NATO member countries since Russia invaded Ukraine.
More than 140 warships and 130 aircraft have been placed on heightened alert by the NATO alliance. The group warned Putin that an attack on one NATO member state would be seen as an attack on all.
Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania are NATO allies of Ukraine.
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