{"id":1517395,"date":"2022-06-15T14:04:22","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T18:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1517395"},"modified":"2022-06-15T14:04:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T18:04:28","slug":"biden-to-give-ukraine-1-2-billion-in-new-aid-as-invasion-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-give-ukraine-1-2-billion-in-new-aid-as-invasion-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden To Give Ukraine $1.2 Billion In New Aid As Invasion Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-to-give-ukraine-1-2-billion-in-new-aid-as-invasion-continues%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1517395&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden announced $1 billion in new security aid for Ukraine and over $200 million for humanitarian purposes Wednesday amid Russia\u2019s continued invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has sent over 100,000 U.S. troops to countries that are members of the\u00a0North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in addition to billions in security assistance, CNBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/06\/15\/biden-to-send-another-1-billion-in-military-aid-to-ukraine-.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier Wednesday about the latest security assistance. The $1 billion in aid includes more \u201cartillery and coastal defense weapons, as well as ammunition for the artillery and advanced rocket systems,\u201d Biden said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also discussed [Defense] Secretary [Lloyd] Austin\u2019s efforts in Brussels today to coordinate additional international support for the Ukrainian armed forces,\u201d the president said. \u201cWe also remain committed to supporting the Ukrainian people whose lives have been ripped apart by this war.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden called Zelenskiy this morning to inform him of the new aid tranche, per WH <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FlzT4lHzx0\">https:\/\/t.co\/FlzT4lHzx0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ecqzef6DKj\">pic.twitter.com\/Ecqzef6DKj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jordanfabian\/status\/1537112189387132928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden also announced Wednesday another $225 million for humanitarian aid. This money is dedicated towards helping those inside Ukraine by \u201csupplying safe drinking water, critical medical supplies and health care, food, shelter, and cash,\u201d according to Biden. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/12\/joe-biden-vladimir-putin-committing-genocide-ukraine\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0Biden Says Putin Committing \u2018Genocide\u2019 In Ukraine)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bravery, resilience, and determination of the Ukrainian people continues to inspire the world. And the United States, together with our allies and partners, will not waver in our commitment to the Ukrainian people as they fight for their freedom,\u201d Biden noted.<\/p>\n<p>As the U.S. continues providing massive support to Ukraine, some are <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/11\/america-weapons-stockpiles-depleted-joe-biden-arms-ukraine\/\">growing<\/a> increasingly concerned about America\u2019s weapons stockpiles being depleted. Republican Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, told Fox News in May that \u201cwe\u2019ve blown through seven years worth of Javelin missiles in Ukraine, 30% of our Stinger stockpile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president, in mid-May, also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/21\/joe-biden-signs-40-billion-ukraine-aid-package\/\">signed<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/09\/sending-40-billion-us-officials-red-flags\/\">massive<\/a> $40 billion Ukraine aid package into law \u2013 an\u00a0increase from the original $33 billion the president <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/28\/joe-biden-requests-33-billion-ukraine-aid\/\">requested<\/a> from Congress in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden announced $1 billion in new security aid for Ukraine and over $200 million for humanitarian purposes Wednesday amid Russia\u2019s continued invasion.Biden has sent over 100,000 U.S. troops<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1517395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1517395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1517395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1517395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1517395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}