{"id":1642307,"date":"2022-09-16T04:49:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T08:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1642307"},"modified":"2022-09-16T04:50:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T08:50:01","slug":"blinken-announces-600-million-in-military-aid-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-announces-600-million-in-military-aid-for-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken Announces $600 Million in Military Aid for Ukraine"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fblinken-announces-600-million-in-military-aid-for-ukraine%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=1642307&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--><p>U.S. Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-antony-blinken\">Antony Blinken<\/a> on Thursday announced that the United States will send a further $600 million worth of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-military\">military<\/a> equipment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The latest drawdown of U.S. military inventory is the 21st authorized by Blinken since September last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether with our Allies and partners, we are delivering the arms and equipment that Ukraine\u2019s forces are utilizing so effectively as they continue their successful counter-offensive against Russia\u2019s invasion,\u201d Blinken said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/600-million-in-additional-u-s-military-assistance-for-ukraine\/\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The shipment of additional military equipment, arms, and munitions from the\u00a0U.S. Department of Defense will add to U.S. assets already sent to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis drawdown will bring the total U.S. military assistance for Ukraine to approximately $15.8 billion since the beginning of this Administration,\u201d Blinken said.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/09\/16\/GettyImages-1243257074-1200x799.jpg\"><\/a> A destroyed school in Verbivka, recently recaptured from Russia by the Ukrainian army in a lightning counter-offensive, in eastern Ukraine, on Sept. 15, 2022. (Sergey Bobok\/AFP via Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith admirable grit and determination, the people of Ukraine are defending their homeland and fighting for their future. The United States is providing Ukraine military assistance alongside our Allies and partners from more than 50 countries to support its defense,\u201d Blinken added.<\/p>\n<p>He said that\u00a0President Joe Biden \u201chas been clear\u201d that the United States will support the people of Ukraine for as long as it takes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe capabilities we are delivering are carefully calibrated to make the most difference on the battlefield and strengthen Ukraine\u2019s hand at the negotiating table when the time is right,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p> Western Military <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-aid\">Aid<\/a> \u2018Crucial for Peace in Europe\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>It comes as Ukrainian President\u00a0Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who regularly calls for stronger support from Western allies, on Thursday spoke of the need for military aid to Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn general, supporting Ukraine with weapons, ammunition and finances is crucial for peace in Europe. The better support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday announced that the United States will send a further $600 million worth of military equipment to Ukraine. The latest drawdown of U.S. military inventory is the 21st authorized by Blinken since September last year. \u201cTogether with our Allies and partners, we are delivering the arms and equipment [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":618,"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-1642307","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\/1642307","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\/618"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1642307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1642307\/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=1642307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1642307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1642307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}