WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has committed an additional $350 million in military assistance to Ukraine, including anti-armor munitions, small arms and other equipment, to help the former Soviet republic defend itself against Russia’s onslaught, a Pentagon spokesman said Saturday.
Biden authorized the aid Friday, bringing total assistance approved for Ukraine to $1 billion in the last year, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters. Kirby said the new package marks the third time the president has expedited emergency security assistance for Ukraine’s defense in recent months using the Presidential Drawdown Authority.
Kirby said the U.S. was not alone in sending materiel to the government in Kyiv as it struggles to repel an invasion by Russian forces, whose ranks and arsenal dwarf the Ukrainian army’s.
