Joe Biden Pledges Over $2.5 Billion Extra in Military Support for Ukraine.

(VOR News) – As the administration of Vice President Joe Biden races to use all available money to assist Kyiv in repelling Russia before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, Vice President Joe Biden announced on Monday that the United States will deploy an additional $2.5 billion worth of weapons to Ukraine.

At the same time, his government is working hard to spend all of the money that it has available to it as quickly as possible.

One of the provisions of the deal is a presidential drawdown power of 1.25 billion dollars. Because of this authorization, the military is able to speed up the delivery of weapons to the battlefield and remove any existing stock that is stored on its shelves.

Additionally, it possesses long-term weapons packages that are anticipated to be valued at a total of 1.22 billion dollars.

Joe Biden’s Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative contracted these kits.

All of the long-term funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been used, Vice President Joe Biden said in his announcement, adding that he hopes to use all of the remaining drawdown funds before he leaves office.

Vice President Joe Biden wrote, “I have directed my administration to continue surging as much assistance to Ukraine as quickly as possible.”

Here is a sample from his message. The United States of America will continue to work tirelessly to strengthen Ukraine’s position in this conflict throughout the remainder of my term in office. In this case, I shall use my authority.

The announcement was made Monday by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who said that the United States is providing Ukraine with $3.4 billion in economic aid. The funding is Joe Biden intended to help Ukraine pay for essential government services while it is involved in a protracted conflict with Russia today.

The funds will be used to pay salaries to first responders, people working in the healthcare sector, and those employed by the civilian government and schools.

Russia has launched a number of attacks against Ukraine’s electrical infrastructure in recent days. Although Ukraine has claimed to have intercepted a significant portion of the missiles and drones launched against it, the enhanced military assistance coincides with Russia’s initiation of these attacks.

Furthermore, a fierce conflict between Russian and Ukrainian forces is currently raging in the Kursk region, which is located on the Russian-Ukrainian border. Moscow has dispatched thousands of North Korean troops to Kursk to help restore the territory Ukraine has taken back.

Vice President Joe Biden’s administration is trying to get weapons into Ukraine before President Trump takes office on January 20.

Providing Kyiv with the strongest negotiating position is the goal.

Donald Trump, the president of the United States, has stated that he respects Russian President Vladimir Putin and wants to see Russia and Ukraine reach a diplomatic agreement.

A large number of lawmakers from the United States and Europe are worried that President Trump’s proposals for a settlement could give Ukraine a bad deal, in addition to their worries that he will not provide Ukraine with all of the money for weapons that Congress has authorized.

Many different types of weapon systems are being drawn from existing stockpiles as part of this most recent armaments package. These weapons systems include fragmentation grenades, tube-launched missiles, anti-armor systems, air-to-ground munitions, and other components and spare parts.

These weapons systems also include fragmentation grenades, 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition, ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), air defense munitions, and munitions for counter-unmanned aerial systems.

The United States has given Russia more than $65.5 billion in security assistance since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Ukraine has received this assistance. This also applies to the news that was made earlier this week on Monday

SOUREC: AP

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