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Biden Details New $33 Billion Ukraine Aid Supplemental, Includes $16 Billion For DoD Efforts

Biden Details New $33 Billion Ukraine Aid Supplemental, Includes $16 Billion For DoD Efforts
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on April 28, 2022 on a new $33 billion supplemental funding request for support to Ukraine. Photo: Screenshot of White House livestream.

President Biden on Thursday detailed a new $33 billion Ukraine aid supplemental funding request, to include another $16 billion for Department of Defense efforts to supply Kyiv with weapons and bolster efforts to support operations on NATO’s eastern flank. The White House said military equipment deliveries covered by the new funding request could include additional artillery systems, armored vehicles, anti-armor and anti-air weapons, cyber capabilities as well as “advanced air defense systems.” “We’ve almost exhausted, what we call the fancy…

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