
The U.S. has approved a new $225 million weapons aid package for Ukraine, which includes providing Kyiv with an additional Patriot air defense battery. The new tranche of security assistance was announced following a meeting Thursday between President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Washington, D.C., where allies this week detailed an extensive plan for donating air defense capabilities to Kyiv. “Two days ago I announced a historic donation of air defense…