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Biden Announces $225 Million In New Weapons Aid For Ukraine

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, June 7th, 2024

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Biden Announces $225 Million In New Weapons Aid For Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Joe Biden deliver remarks ahead of a meeting in Paris on June 7, 2024. Photo: Screenshot of White House livestream.

President Biden on Friday announced a new $225 million weapons aid package for Ukraine, which will include deliveries of additional artillery systems, air defense interceptors and munitions. Biden announced the new security assistance during remarks alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of a meeting in Paris, and he noted the package is the sixth tranche of equipment approved since signing the new foreign aid supplemental in late April. “And, you know, [the Ukrainians] haven’t bowed down. You haven’t yielded at…

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