About 90 tons of lethal weapons from the United States arrived on Saturday at Borispol airport in Kiev, Ukraine, due to the lack of progress in talks between Washington and Moscow due to Russian forces on the borders of the European country.
“The first of several shipments totaling 200 million of dollars in security assistance to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, commissioned by President (Joe) Biden in December, arrived at Borispol Airport in Kiev,” the US Embassy in Kiev reported on Facebook.
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The memo said the arms delivery is part of additional military aid supplies to Kiev amid tensions on the border with Russia and “demonstrates Washington’s firm commitment” to Ukraine’s right to self-defense, according to information from the EFE.
The US government has indicated that it will continue to support the Ukrainian military in its “continued efforts” to defend the sovereignty of Ukraine.Russian aggression“.
As President Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the event of an invasion of Ukraine, the United States will supply Kiev Additional Defense Items‘, the statement adds.
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