President Joe Biden on Thursday said he has approved a new tranche of defence aid for Ukraine, including multiple air defence systems to protect Ukrainian infrastructure from Russian attacks during the coming winter months.
Speaking during an expanded bilateral meeting with Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelensky and his advisers in the East Room of the White House, Mr Biden said the new arms package would include artillery rounds and other ammunition, as well as anti-tank weapons. He also said the US would work to strengthen Ukraine’s air defence network with additional Mim-23 Hawk missile batteries and other missile systems, which he said are meant to protect “critical infrastructure that provides heat and light during the coldest and darkest days of the year” as well as “Ukraine's grain silos, hospitals, schools and power plants”.
