
President Biden on Thursday announced plans for nearly $8 billion in new weapons aid for Ukraine, to include providing Kyiv with RTX [RTX]-built Joint Standoff Weapons, an additional Patriot air defense battery and expanded F-16 pilot training. The new security assistance plans were detailed ahead of Biden’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Thursday, and as the funding authority for $5.5 billion of the planned aid was set to expire at the end of fiscal…