The United States announced on Monday the delivery of a new military aid package to Ukraine, worth 350 million dollars (about 330 million euros), which includes ammunition for the HIMARS rocket launchers.
“Only Russia can end the war today. So until that happens, we will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted in a statement outlining the new military assistance package.
The day that Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow for a state visit and to meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, the head of US diplomacy took the opportunity to greet “the more than 50 countries that have come together to support Ukraine”. in defense of its territorial integrity”.
“This week, as Russia’s unscrupulous war of aggression against Ukraine continues at great human cost, we are once again reminded of the boundless courage and unwavering determination of the Ukrainian people and the strong support for Ukraine throughout the international community,” he wrote. Blinken in the statement. .
In the same briefing note, the US Secretary of State announced the new military aid package, saying that it involved equipment that “Ukraine is using to defend itself”, meaning ammunition for the HIMARS, but also ammunition for the Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, as well as anti-tank guns and riverboats.
The Russian military offensive on Ukrainian territory, launched on February 24 last year, plunged Europe into what is considered the most serious security crisis since World War II (1939-1945).
Source: TSF
