U.S. officials said Tuesday that the Pentagon will send at least $275 million worth of new weapons to Ukraine, AP reports, UNN writes.
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"The Pentagon will send at least $275 million worth of new weapons to Ukraine as the Biden administration rushes to do everything it can to help Kyiv fight back against Russia before President-elect Donald Trump takes office," AP writes, citing U.S. officials who said the items include air defense systems, missiles, other equipment and spare parts.
The weapons are to be provided under the PDA program, which allows the Pentagon to quickly provide stocks from its shelves to speed up their delivery to the front lines in Ukraine.
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In addition to weapons, the US State Department said Tuesday that it has authorized the sale of unspecified defense equipment and services to Ukraine worth $100 million, including vehicle rehabilitation, technical assistance, training, and "other related logistics and program support elements." Unlike the PDA, the Ukrainian government will pay for this, the newspaper said.
As part of a broader effort to support Ukraine, the US administration is also indicated to be on track to disburse its portion of a $50 billion loan to Ukraine secured by frozen Russian assets before Biden leaves the White House, according to two senior administration officials.
Officials, who were not authorized to comment publicly, said the U.S. and Ukraine are now in "advanced stages" of discussing loan terms and hope to finalize the process for the $20 billion portion of the loan to be provided by the U.S. The goal is to do so by the end of the year, one official said. The remaining $30 billion would come from the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada and Japan, among others.