The plane that transported Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the United States landed this Wednesday at an air base near Washington, the city where he will meet with his US counterpart, Joe Biden, and deliver a speech before Congress.
Zelensky, whose plane landed at Andrews Air Force Base, will try to rally more support for Ukraine in the United States and “send a defiant message to the Russian invaders,” a senior Biden Administration official said.
In the personal account of the social network Twitter, the Ukrainian president said, before starting his departure for Washington, that his first known trip out of Ukraine since the start of the war, in February, is intended to “strengthen the resilience and the defense capabilities. kyiv and discuss cooperation with the United States.
Before the arrival of Zelensky, the United States announced today that it will provide Ukraine with military aid worth 1.85 billion dollars (1.75 billion euros), including a battery of Patriot missiles.
The White House announcement came just hours before Zelensky’s arrival, and the aid package included $1 billion in US weapons and equipment. stocks from the Pentagon, including the first transfer of the Patriot air defense system, and $850 million in funding through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI).
Part of USAI will be used to fund a satellite communications system, likely to include Starlink, SpaceX’s crucial satellite network system owned by Elon Musk.
Source: TSF
