The White House has announced new security assistance packages for Ukraine. This was stated by John Kirby, Strategic Communications Coordinator for the US National Security Council at the White House, UNN reports citing The Guardian.
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"The United States will provide additional security packages for Ukraine in the coming days," the newspaper reports, citing Kirby's words in an interview with MSNBC on Thursday.
Kirby's comments came after Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov spoke with his American counterpart Lloyd Austin about the situation on the battlefield and Ukraine's defense needs, Reuters reports.
Umerov called the conversation with the Pentagon chief "productive." According to the Ukrainian defense minister, he "informed in detail about the current situation at the front and the needs of our defense forces.