U.S. President Joe Biden met with President Biden met with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Washington yesterday morning.
According to the White House, the leaders discussed “recent developments in Russia’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine.”
President Biden reportedly conveyed the continued commitment of the United States to support the people of Ukraine and to impose costs on Russia. He also previewed his announcement yesterday of an additional US$800 million in security assistance and $500 million in economic support.
Meanwhile, NDTV reported on April 14 that Pentagon spokesman John Kirby released a list of the items in the latest $800 million security assistance package for Ukraine.
It includes 18 155mm howitzers and 40,000 artillery rounds, 200 M113 armored personnel carriers, 11 Mi-17 helicopters and 100 armored multi-purpose vehicles.
The package also includes 10 AN/TPQ-3G counter-artillery radars, two AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel air surveillance radars, 300 Switchblade drones and 500 Javelin anti-armor missiles.
Unmanned coastal defense vessels, chemical, biological and nuclear protective equipment, 30,000 sets of body armor and helmets, C-4 explosives and M18A1 Claymore anti-personnel mines will also be delivered to Ukraine.
"We tailored this list specifically to meet the needs that they have asked for with respect to what's going on in eastern Ukraine," Kirby said, according to NDTV.
The Pentagon spokesman said the United States is working with "allies and partners to identify and provide Ukraine with additional capabilities, capabilities that aren't in our stock."
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