American President Joe Biden on Wednesday, announced the sending of more weapons worth $ 1 billion to Ukraine, which sources say include anti-ship missile systems, cannon grenades and howitzer charges.
In a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President he Volodymyr Zelensky Biden says he informed the Ukrainian leader about the new weapon.
“I have informed President Zelensky that the United States will provide more billion-dollar aid to Ukraine, which includes additional artillery and coastal defense systems as well as artillery ammunition and advanced missile systems,” Biden said in a statement after a 41-minute call.
The president also announced an additional $ 225 million in humanitarian aid to Ukrainian civilians, which includes the supply of drinking water, critical medical supplies and money for the basic needs of residents.
Russian Ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya on Wednesday, he accused western countries of “indirect warfare with Russia”. “I want to tell the Western countries that supply Ukraine with weapons – the blood of civilians is on your hands,” he said.
Ukraine is urging the United States and other Western countries to supply it with weapons due to increased pressure from the Russian army in the eastern region of Donbas.
Oleksandra Ustinova, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, told reporters at a conference of the German Marshall Foundation: “We need all these weapons available to us at once to defeat the Russians, not to get them every two or three weeks.”
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