The Biden-Harris administration is shipping $425 million in military aid to Ukraine.
The deal, announced Wednesday, gives Ukraine “additional air defense capability, air-to-ground munitions, armored vehicles, and critical munitions,” according to a White House statement.
The statement broke down the aid as “hundreds of air defense interceptors, dozens of tactical air defense systems, additional artillery systems, significant quantities of ammunition, hundreds of armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles, and thousands of additional armored vehicles.”
On social media, critics noted that the need for aid is much closer to home.
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The White House statement noted that next month, President Joe Biden will host a virtual meeting of leaders of nations backing Ukraine in its fight against Russia, saying “leaders will coordinate with international partners on additional assistance for Ukraine.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram he spoke to Biden Wednesday