US announces new military aid package for Ukraine

US announces new military aid package for Ukraine

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US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced the preparation of a new military aid package for Ukraine. The aid will include artillery, air defense, armored vehicles and other necessary equipment.

The United States will announce a new military aid package for Ukraine "in the coming days," US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced at a UN Security Council briefing on the occasion of a thousand days of Russian aggression against Ukraine on November 18, UNN reports.

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"Let me be clear: when this war is over, a sovereign, independent, democratic Ukraine will control its internationally recognized territory and continue on its path to join Euro-Atlantic institutions like NATO," the US ambassador said.

Until then, and at the direction of the President, the United States will continue to increase security assistance to Ukraine, including artillery, air defense, armored vehicles, and other necessary equipment and munitions. And in the coming days, we will announce additional security assistance to Ukraine

- Thomas-Greenfield emphasized.

Because, in her words, "in the end, support for Ukraine in Congress and beyond cannot and should not be a partisan issue." "The struggle for democracy and human rights transcends petty politics and outlives any leader or term," the US ambassador pointed out.

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