The package deal, valued at $250m, will embrace air defence system parts and artillery rounds.
Ukraine has welcomed the newest arms package deal from america to assist its struggle in opposition to Russia because the conflict approaches the two-year mark.
The package deal, valued at $250m and introduced on Wednesday night time, will embrace air defence system parts, ammunition for HIMARS, 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds, stinger antiaircraft missiles, and medical tools.
“We’re grateful to the American authorities and other people for his or her unwavering help. Ukrainian individuals recognize your management,” the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence stated on X on Thursday.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated it might “cowl Ukraine’s most urgent wants”.
“US management within the coalition of over 50 international locations offering Ukraine with army assist is crucial to countering terror and aggression not solely in Ukraine however all over the world,” he stated.
I thank @POTUS Joe Biden, Congress, and the American individuals for the $250 million army assist package deal introduced yesterday.
Further air protection missiles and parts, anti-tank weapons, ammunition, mine clearing, and different tools 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 aid to Ukraine. However Republicans are refusing to approve the package deal 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 assist for Ukraine’s fight in opposition to Russia will run out by the tip of the 12 months.
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 international locations 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 protected 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.