The bundle, valued at $250m, will embody air defence system elements and artillery rounds.
Ukraine has welcomed the most recent arms bundle from the USA to assist its combat in opposition to Russia because the battle approaches the two-year mark.
The bundle, valued at $250m and introduced on Wednesday evening, will embody air defence system elements, ammunition for HIMARS, 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds, stinger antiaircraft missiles, and medical gear.
“We’re grateful to the American authorities and folks for his or her unwavering help. Ukrainian individuals respect your management,” the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence stated on X on Thursday.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated it could “cowl Ukraine’s most urgent wants”.
“US management within the coalition of over 50 nations offering Ukraine with army support is essential to countering terror and aggression not solely in Ukraine however world wide,” he stated.
I thank @POTUS Joe Biden, Congress, and the American individuals for the $250 million army support bundle introduced yesterday.
Extra air protection missiles and elements, anti-tank weapons, ammunition, mine clearing, and different gear will cowl Ukraine’s most urgent wants.…— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) December 28, 2023
US President Joe Biden has requested Congress to supply one other $61 bn in support to Ukraine. However Republicans are refusing to approve the bundle with out an settlement by the Democrats to tighten safety across the US-Mexico border.
The White Home has warned that with out the extra appropriation, US support for Ukraine’s combat in opposition to Russia will run out by the top of the yr.
Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov stated on Thursday the West’s strategic defeat on Moscow had “fully failed”.
Lavrov informed Russian state media that the Group of Seven nations intend to debate the “peace components” proposed by Zelenskyy, which they agreed on at a “secret summit” held about 10 days in the past.
Cargo ship hits mine
In the meantime, a bulk provider headed to a River Danube port to load grain hit a Russian mine within the Black Sea on Wednesday, injuring two crew members, Ukrainian officers stated on Thursday.
“A Panama-flagged civilian vessel was blown up on an enemy sea mine within the Black Sea … The vessel misplaced its course and management and a fireplace broke out on the higher deck,” Ukraine’s southern army command stated on Telegram.
A captain, sailor and an Egyptian citizen had been injured, with the latter taken to hospital within the metropolis of Izmail, the top of the Odesa regional prosecutors workplace stated.
Moscow has ramped up its assault within the Black Sea since leaving the United Nations-brokered grain deal in mid-July, which allowed for the secure passage of Ukrainian grain shipments.
Ukraine has pushed again Russian warships within the western a part of the Black Sea to permit some cargo ships out and in alongside a maritime hall. However the water stays closely mined, together with by Russian planes, and is especially harmful in stormy climate.
