Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it will provide $1.85 billion in military Aid to Ukraine, rolling out financing for Patriot missile battery.
White House announcement came just hours before zelensky, on for him first known trip out of country since then in February, landed at Joint Base Andrews, just outside Capital. the package Includes $1 billion in weapons and equipment From Pentagon stocks, including the Patriot battery for the first and $850 million in Funding through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. bit of USAI will be used to fund satellite communications systemwhich will likely include the SpaceX Starlink satellite network system Owned by Elon Musk.
While Russia continues its brutal attacks against critical Infrastructure in Ukraine and the United States welcome President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington, D.C. today to reaffirm our enduring commitment to… people of Ukraine,” the secretary of Said Anthony Blinken State in statement, adding that the United States will provide “critical new and extra military Capabilities help Ukraine is defending itself from Russia’s brutal and unprovoked attack.”
Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials pressured Western leaders to provide assistance more Advanced weapons, including Patriot missiles, to help their country in the war with Russia. Patriot will be the most advanced surface-to-air Rocket system He gave the West to Ukraine in okay help Repel the Russian air attacks.
also includes in the package Two more key items. The Pentagon will send an undisclosed number of Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, kits to Ukraine. The kits will be used to modify the mega-bombs by adding tail fins and precision navigation systems so that they can be launched and aimed rather than dropped from a fighter jet onto a target. on to aim.
United State also Will finance satellite communication stations and services, to shore up Possible weak point for Ukraine said after Musk that his company could no longer provide services for Free. Satellite assistance will act as a hedge against Possibility of Musk threatens to stop funding it. Elon Musk shipped first Starlink stations to Ukraine days after Russia invaded in February, and of October was there more from 2200 of low orbit satellites Providing broadband internet to Ukraine. In October, he asked the Pentagon to bear the costs for Starlink operations in Ukraine, and tweeted that it was costing SpaceX $20 million a month support country’s communication needs.
the system It was ” game changer” in Allow Ukraine military John Ferrari, a senior classmate f space Expert at the American Enterprise Institute. While financing Wed announcement He is for Satellite communications stations and services, Musk does not specify, will be difficult to bring other systems onto battlefield Ferrari said because a lot of times they won’t work well together.
the decision The dispatch of the Patriot battery comes despite threats from the Russian Foreign Ministry to hand it over of advanced surface for-air Rocket system would be considered provocative step and that the Patriot and any crews accompanying it would be a legitimate target for Russians military.
However, the White House is pressing back against The idea that delivery of Patriot lives up to the escalation of US involvement on In my name or for me of Ukraine. a senior administration officialf who Brief the reporters on Case of Anonymity, he said that Biden was clear that his administration will ‘lean’ forward” in supporting Ukraine, but it “does not seek to get involved in direct war with Russia.”
it’s not clear Exactly when the Patriot does arrive on Frontlines in Ukraine since the american forces will have to train the ukrainian forces on how to me use higher-tech system. The training may take several weeks and is expected to take place at the Grafenwoehr Training area in Germany. So far, all training of Ukrainian forces were taken by the United States and the West place in European countries.
also includes in aid package We are more rockets for Highly Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS; 500 precision-guided artillery rounds for howitzers. 30 mortar systems and 10,000 mortars rounds; 37 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles; 120 Humvees six Armored trucks more More than 2700 grenade launchers and other weapons, an unknown numbeer of Harm air- anti-radiation ground missiles; Fight Claymorepersonnel mines. Demolition of ammunition and others equipment Beside body shield.
Ukrainian Security Assistance Initiative, which pays for long-range Purchases, will be financed more from 200,000 rounds of various Ordnance and satellite systems, continuing training and maintenance.
This is the 28thThe tenth The time the Pentagon pulled out the weapons off On the shelf for fast delivery to Ukraine, often arriving within days to Europe and war. Overall, the United States provided about $21.3 billion in military help f equipment Since Russia launched invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
The aid comes as Congress prepares to approve another $44.9 billion in help for Ukraine as part of Huge spending bill. That would ensure That’s the United States support I will continue next year And beyond with Republican control of the home in January. Some GOP lawmakers have expressed concerns about the aid.
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Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it will provide $1.85 billion in military Aid to Ukraine, rolling out financing for Patriot missile battery.
White House announcement came just hours before zelensky, on for him first known trip out of country since then in February, landed at Joint Base Andrews, just outside Capital. the package Includes $1 billion in weapons and equipment From Pentagon stocks, including the Patriot battery for the first and $850 million in Funding through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. bit of USAI will be used to fund satellite communications systemwhich will likely include the SpaceX Starlink satellite network system Owned by Elon Musk.
While Russia continues its brutal attacks against critical Infrastructure in Ukraine and the United States welcome President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington, D.C. today to reaffirm our enduring commitment to… people of Ukraine,” the secretary of Said Anthony Blinken State in statement, adding that the United States will provide “critical new and extra military Capabilities help Ukraine is defending itself from Russia’s brutal and unprovoked attack.”
Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials pressured Western leaders to provide assistance more Advanced weapons, including Patriot missiles, to help their country in the war with Russia. Patriot will be the most advanced surface-to-air Rocket system He gave the West to Ukraine in okay help Repel the Russian air attacks.
also includes in the package Two more key items. The Pentagon will send an undisclosed number of Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, kits to Ukraine. The kits will be used to modify the mega-bombs by adding tail fins and precision navigation systems so that they can be launched and aimed rather than dropped from a fighter jet onto a target. on to aim.
United State also Will finance satellite communication stations and services, to shore up Possible weak point for Ukraine said after Musk that his company could no longer provide services for Free. Satellite assistance will act as a hedge against Possibility of Musk threatens to stop funding it. Elon Musk shipped first Starlink stations to Ukraine days after Russia invaded in February, and of October was there more from 2200 of low orbit satellites Providing broadband internet to Ukraine. In October, he asked the Pentagon to bear the costs for Starlink operations in Ukraine, and tweeted that it was costing SpaceX $20 million a month support country’s communication needs.
the system It was ” game changer” in Allow Ukraine military John Ferrari, a senior classmate f space Expert at the American Enterprise Institute. While financing Wed announcement He is for Satellite communications stations and services, Musk does not specify, will be difficult to bring other systems onto battlefield Ferrari said because a lot of times they won’t work well together.
the decision The dispatch of the Patriot battery comes despite threats from the Russian Foreign Ministry to hand it over of advanced surface for-air Rocket system would be considered provocative step and that the Patriot and any crews accompanying it would be a legitimate target for Russians military.
However, the White House is pressing back against The idea that delivery of Patriot lives up to the escalation of US involvement on In my name or for me of Ukraine. a senior administration officialf who Brief the reporters on Case of Anonymity, he said that Biden was clear that his administration will ‘lean’ forward” in supporting Ukraine, but it “does not seek to get involved in direct war with Russia.”
it’s not clear Exactly when the Patriot does arrive on Frontlines in Ukraine since the american forces will have to train the ukrainian forces on how to me use higher-tech system. The training may take several weeks and is expected to take place at the Grafenwoehr Training area in Germany. So far, all training of Ukrainian forces were taken by the United States and the West place in European countries.
also includes in aid package We are more rockets for Highly Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS; 500 precision-guided artillery rounds for howitzers. 30 mortar systems and 10,000 mortars rounds; 37 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles; 120 Humvees six Armored trucks more More than 2700 grenade launchers and other weapons, an unknown numbeer of Harm air- anti-radiation ground missiles; Fight Claymorepersonnel mines. Demolition of ammunition and others equipment Beside body shield.
Ukrainian Security Assistance Initiative, which pays for long-range Purchases, will be financed more from 200,000 rounds of various Ordnance and satellite systems, continuing training and maintenance.
This is the 28thThe tenth The time the Pentagon pulled out the weapons off On the shelf for fast delivery to Ukraine, often arriving within days to Europe and war. Overall, the United States provided about $21.3 billion in military help f equipment Since Russia launched invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
The aid comes as Congress prepares to approve another $44.9 billion in help for Ukraine as part of Huge spending bill. That would ensure That’s the United States support I will continue next year And beyond with Republican control of the home in January. Some GOP lawmakers have expressed concerns about the aid.
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