US to allocate new $2 billion aid package to Ukraine

Washington will provide Kyiv with a new $2 billion security aid package, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said.

“We will continue to analyze what [Украине] necessary, to provide it with everything it needs so that Ukraine has what it needs to succeed on the battlefield,” leads his words to Reuters.

The adviser did not disclose the content of the new assistance package.

On February 24, the G7 countries will also announce a new package of sanctions, which will also include restrictions against countries trying to import banned goods into the Russian Federation, Sullivan said. According to the official, over time, “the erosion of the quality and potential of the Russian economy” will manifest itself. He called potential deliveries of F-16 fighters to Kyiv a matter of long-term, not short-term defense of Ukraine.

A new package of military aid to Kyiv was previously announced by CNN. According to the channel, it will enter HIMARS missiles and 155mm howitzer rounds, UAVs and countermeasures, demining equipment and secure communications equipment. Assistance in this case will be provided not from US stocks, but through appropriate contracts with manufacturers. This means that the delivery of aid will take much longer, but at the same time shows the willingness of the United States to support Ukraine in the long term.

On February 20, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced that the United States allocate Ukraine has another $460 million aid package, of which $450 million is for military supplies.

It was clarified that this military assistance package includes shells for the HIMARS MLRS and howitzers that the United States had previously supplied to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, new Javelin systems and air surveillance radars. It is also expected to include about 2,000 armor-piercing missiles, four Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, two equipment repair vehicles, mines, night vision devices, etc.

On February 18, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that a Russian victory in the Ukrainian conflict “would be extremely” dangerous for NATO, so it was necessary continue support Ukraine. The secretary general also believes that the countries of the alliance should prepare for confrontation with Russia: modernize their own armies, strengthen relations between European countries and the United States, and generally strengthen the “resilience” of Western society.