Biden's administration is working quickly to spend all the money it has available to help Kyiv fight off Russia before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in three weeks.
Outgoing US President Joe Biden has authorised Kyiv to deploy the ATACMS missile system, sparking outrage in Russia with President Vladimir Putin threatening that the use of Western weaponry would inv
Biden’s orders would not affect large swaths of the Gulf of Mexico, where most U.S. offshore drilling occurs, but it would protect coastlines along California, Florida and other states from future drilling.
Russia launched nearly 100 attacks in the Kursk region in the last 24 hours, according to the latest update from the Ukrainian general staff, in a bid to reverse Kyiv’s recent gains. It made up nearly half of the assaults reported by Ukraine over the last day across the entire, roughly 640-mile front line.
President Biden announced that he was providing nearly $2.5 billion in military assistance for Ukraine, almost $1 billion more than was reportedly expected.
The latest package includes a $1.25 billion drawdown of U.S. military equipment and a $1.22 billion Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) package.
Donald Trump says he will reverse the ban, even though he put temporary protections in place before the 2020 presidential election.
President Joe Biden announced $2.5 billion in additional security assistance for Ukraine, which is separate from the direct budget aid.
Kyiv launches surprise Kursk attack on Putin’s forces in three directions - Russia has lost ‘up to a battalion’ of North Korean and its own forces in past 48 hours, says Zelensky
While Ukraine and the West may want Russia to return all territories occupied, including Crimea, this maximalist position is unlikely to be acceptable to Russia, and neither will Russia accept Ukraine