Biden Admin Announces New $250 Million Weapons Package for Ukraine Amid Congressional Deadlock

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a new $250 million weapons package for Ukraine in what could be the last tranche of military aid to the embattled country unless Congress approves a supplemental funding bill that remains stalled in Washington.

“Our assistance has been critical to supporting our Ukrainian partners as they defend their country and their freedom against Russia’s aggression,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a Dec. 27 statement, in which he announced the year’s final package of weapons and equipment for Ukraine as it battles Russia in a war that will soon hit the two-year mark.

In February 2022, Russian forces launched what Washington and its allies call an “unprovoked” invasion, but that Moscow says was a response to NATO expansion and Kyiv’s refusal not to join the military pact.

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