US president Joe Biden pledged to supply additional air defence systems and cluster munitions to Ukraine after meeting Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday in Washington, a bid to keep backing the Ukrainian war effort despite mounting Republican opposition in Congress.
The package announced on Thursday will include more artillery, ammunition, anti-tank weapons, cluster munitions, a second Hawk air defence battery, and launchers and interceptors. It is valued at $325mn, and comes from money Congress had already approved to last until the end of September.
Although the new package will not include the provision of the ATACMS long-range missile system sought by Kyiv, the Ukrainian president was upbeat about receiving more American support.
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