Nearly six months into the Russia–Ukraine war, the Biden administration on Monday announced a $1 billion security assistance package for Ukraine, coming on the same day it announced some $4.5 billion in aid to keep Ukraine’s government running.
Acting Pentagon press secretary Todd Breasseale announced that the latest $1 billion in aid “to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs” is the Biden administration’s 18th drawdown of equipment from Pentagon inventories for Ukraine since August 2021.
It is also “the largest single drawdown of U.S. arms and equipment” using presidential drawdown authority, he noted, which means the military aid originates directly from U.S. stockpiles….