US Announces $275 Million Package of Security Assistance for Ukraine

The United States has authorized a new $275 million aid package for Ukraine to address “critical security and defense needs,” according to the Department of Defense (DOD).
This is the Biden administration’s 27th presidential drawdown of equipment from DOD stocks for Ukraine since August 2021 and comes a little more than two weeks since the White House announced another $400 million drawdown.
Since October, the White House has approved over $2.7 billion in presidential drawdowns for security assistance to Ukraine.
“As Russia continues to wage its brutal war against people of Ukraine, today the Biden-Harris administration is announcing a new $275 million security assistance package to help Ukraine defend itself against Russian aggression,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Friday….}