MBABANE: United States President Joe Biden has announced that his administration will send nearly $2.5bn in military assistance to Ukraine, as President rushes aid to the war-torn country before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, Aljazeera reported.
It has been reported that, the new round of assistance, announced on Monday, includes $1.25bn derived from presidential drawdown authority, which allows Biden to withdraw materials from US military supplies without the need for congressional approval.
“Another $1.22bn comes from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), a programme run through the Department of Defense and funded by congressional appropriations.In addition to the military aid, Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen also unveiled $3.4bn in economic assistance on Monday to help Ukraine’s government and prop up its infrastructure,” reads the Aljazeera report.
A Ukrainian serviceman from an antidrone mobile air defence unit fires a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft cannon in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine on December 2 [Maksym Kishka/Reuters]