The U.S. is sending Ukraine an additional $125 million in weapons to assist in its military operations against Russia, including much-needed air defense capabilities, radars to detect and counter enemy artillery and anti-tank weapons.

The U.S. is sending Ukraine an additional $125 million in weapons to assist in its military operations against Russia, including much-needed air defense capabilities, radars to detect and counter enemy artillery and anti-tank weapons, the White House announced Friday.

The latest package comes as Ukraine has launched its largest ground offensive on Russian soil since the war began in February 2022. The offensive in the Kursk region has prompted Moscow to declare an emergency and send reinforcements there.

National security spokesman John Kirby said Ukraine’s use of U.S.-provided weapons in the offensive was in line with administration policies. The Biden administration has approved their use in cross-border counterstrikes against Russia but not against targets deeper inside Russia, although the specific distances are not clear.

The weapons in this latest aid package will be drawn from existing U.S. stocks and will include Stinger missiles, 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition, High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) ammunition and vehicles. It brings the total amount of U.S. aid to Ukraine since 2022 to $55.6 billion.

  • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
    332·
    5 months ago

    lol ah yes, we should simply cede to a dictator’s territorial imperial annexation by… Weakening defense budgets? Remind me how the US annexed Iraq and Afghanistan as Russia did with Crimea, parts of Georgia, Chechyna?

    And no, NATO is how you invert the course. Russia is too pussy to confront NATO’s Article 5. So bring Ukraine into NATO.

    So why don’t you go tell Putin to cut his military budget?

    This guy… Apparently thinks we should have rolled over when Hitler invaded Poland and the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

    Edit: Observe below how this user hops around with tangential points and half-truths, all the while avoiding the heart of the matter: They believe we should just give in to the dictator — whether it’s the Hitler of old or the Putin of recent. Further observe how they have no response to the fact that NATO countries have never been directly attacked by Russia, giving proof to the power of a Defensive Alliance.

    • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      222·
      5 months ago

      lol ah yes, we should simply cede to

      Who is we? Are you ukrainian? are you russian? are you american?

      defense budgets

      “defense budget” is a misleading name for weapons designed to attack, destroy and kill humans.

      NATO is a terrorist organization on pair with russia, lead by corrupted people who seek war as a tool to get more power and wealth.

      This guy… Apparently thinks we should have rolled over when Hitler invaded Poland and the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

      Let’s talk about the present, no need to bring the past back

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Globke

      • Archer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        5 months ago

        Cope harder. You’re either working for Russia or a useful idiot. Same thing in the end, really

        • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          18·
          5 months ago

          I just called out NATO and russia as terrorists organization in the previous post and you claim that i work for them. No offense but if there’s anyone who seem an idiot that’s you and your conclusions.