By Tara Copp Associated Press Ukraine aid again headline news
Washington (AP) — The U.S. is sending Ukraine an additional $125 million in weapons to assist in its military operations against Russia, including much-needed air defense capabilities, radars to detect and counter enemy artillery and anti-tank weapons, the White House announced Friday.
The latest package comes as Ukraine has launched its largest ground offensive on Russian soil since the war began in February 2022. The offensive in the Kursk region has prompted Moscow to declare an emergency and send reinforcements there.
National security spokesman John Kirby said Ukraine’s use of U.S.-provided weapons in the offensive was in line with administration policies. The Biden administration has approved their use in cross-border counterstrikes against Russia but not against targets deeper inside Russia, although the specific distances are not clear.
The weapons in this latest aid package will be drawn from existing U.S. stocks and will include Stinger missiles, 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition, High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) ammunition and vehicles. It brings the total amount of U.S. aid to Ukraine since 2022 to $55.6 billion.
July saw the heaviest civilian casualties in Ukraine since October 2022, the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine said Friday. Conflict-related violence killed at least 219 civilians and injured 1,018 in July, the mission said.
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On Friday, a Russian missile strike on a shopping mall in Kostiantynivka, in the eastern Donetsk region, killing at least 14 people and wounding 44 others.
Ukraine aid again headline news
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According to the Council on Foreign Relations, as of the beginning of May of this year, the U.S. has provided Ukraine with about $175 billion in assistance, much of which has consisted of military aid.
Formerly Raytheon, RTX has been supplying Ukraine with a number of different types of weapons.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyed Austin, was a board member of Raytheon.
In January this year, the U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery Penny Pritzker, attended a meeting with Ukraine’s president Zelenskiy.
Reportedly she was discussing the president Ukraine future.
Pritzker highlighted efforts by JPMorgan and BlackRock, saying they had indicated early interest from “forward-leaning” investors willing to take higher risk investments and some individual investors.
Also on Tuesday, Zelenskiy’s office said he had met JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon and other senior JPMorgan executives, BlackRock’s top management, executives from Bridgewater Associates, Carlyle Group, Blackstone, Dell and ArcelorMittal in Davos.
For its part, Black Rock, the world’s largest asset manager, managed at least $10 trillion (US dollars) in assets, as of December 31, 2023.
Ukraine aid again headline news