{"id":1836480,"date":"2023-02-06T08:35:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T13:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1836480"},"modified":"2023-02-06T08:39:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T13:39:37","slug":"amid-spy-balloon-controversy-biden-admin-approves-2-1-billion-aid-package-to-defend-ukrainian-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-spy-balloon-controversy-biden-admin-approves-2-1-billion-aid-package-to-defend-ukrainian-skies\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid Spy Balloon Controversy, Biden Admin Approves $2.1 Billion Aid Package to Defend Ukrainian Skies"},"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\">30<\/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%2Famid-spy-balloon-controversy-biden-admin-approves-2-1-billion-aid-package-to-defend-ukrainian-skies%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=1836480&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-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1238899178-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>After a Chinese surveillance ball flew above the United States, national attention was drawn to the incident. The Biden administration approved another $2.1Billion in military aid packages to help strengthen the nation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a>\u2019s air defense arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>The package includes $425 million in arms and equipment drawn from existing U.S. stockpiles, as well as $1.75 billion in Ukraine Assistance Security Initiative (UASI) funds, which Ukraine can use to purchase new weapons\u2014particularly those related to air defense\u2014from manufactures contracted with the U.S. Department of Defense.<\/p>\n<p>In Friday\u2019s announcement, the Pentagon said the package includes \u201ccritical air defense capabilities to help Ukraine defend its people.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"morearticles\"><strong>Continue reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"post_list\">\n<div class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-would-run-out-of-munitions-in-war-with-china-report_5007823.html\">Report: US would run out of ammunitions during war with China<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ukraine will specifically receive ammunition for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HMARTS).<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-himars\">HIMARS<\/a>Additional 155 millimeter artillery ammunition rounds, additional 120 mil mortar rounds and 190 heavy machine guns with thermal imaging sights and specialized antidrone ammunition. Also, 250 Javelin antimor systems, 2,000 antiarmor rockets, Claymore Anti-personnel munitions, as well as many other items of equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine will have the ability to order a wide range of air defense hardware using $1.75 million USAI funds. This includes four anti-drone warfare systems, four HAWK missile firing units, anti drone warfare systems, anti aircraft guns and ammunition, as well as two HAWK HAWK air defense firing unit. Ukraine could also purchase equipment to integrate Western air defense missiles and launchers into their existing air defense systems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn total, the United States has now committed $30 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden Administration,\u201d The Pentagon stated that the United States had sent $32 billion in military assistance to Ukraine since 2014&#8217;s Crimea crisis, and $29.3 billion since February of last year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-russia\">Russia<\/a> Launched what it called a \u201cspecial military operation\u201d Ukraine<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States will continue to work with its Allies and partners to provide Ukraine with capabilities to meet its immediate battlefield needs and longer-term security assistance requirements,\u201d It was added.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement comes as the Biden Administration faces criticism for its handling of a Chinese spy ball that allegedly traveled from China to Alaska, through northwest Canada, and finally arrived in Montana. Local residents spotted it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that Montana truly got a firsthand look at the Biden administration\u2019s weakness on foreign policy this week,\u201d Montana Republican Senator Steve Daines spoke at a press conference Friday. \u201cIt is a tremendous embarrassment for the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMontanans and all the American people deserve answers from the Pentagon and from this administration on what happened and what is being done to ensure this never happens again,\u201d Daines said.<\/p>\n<p>The balloon was being carried by a \u201clarge payload underneath the surveillance component,\u201d Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, Pentagon\u2019s chief spokesperson. However, the Pentagon said it estimated that the transit might not add much value to Beijing\u2019s intelligence gathering effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently, we assess that this balloon has limited additive value from an intelligence collection perspective,\u201d Ryder stated Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Montana\u2019s\u00a0Democratic Senator Jon Tester announced on Friday that the Senate defense subcommittee that he chairs will hold a hearing to demand that Biden administration officials answer questions about the balloon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMontanans value their freedom and privacy, and I\u2019ll always fight to defend both,\u201d Tester made the statement in a statement. \u201cChina\u2019s actions are a clear threat to those values and to America\u2019s national security, and I\u2019m demanding answers from the Biden Administration.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a Chinese surveillance ball flew above the United States, national attention was drawn to the incident. The Biden administration approved another $2.1Billion in military aid packages to help strengthen the nation. Ukraine\u2019s air defense arsenal. The package includes $425 million in arms and equipment drawn from existing U.S. stockpiles, as well as $1.75 billion &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1836483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[17757,4496,7629,4255,17453,3620,6733,7901,3632,17712,6893,9082],"class_list":["post-1836480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-2-1","tag-admin","tag-aid","tag-approves","tag-balloon","tag-biden","tag-controversy","tag-defend","tag-package","tag-skies","tag-spy","tag-ukrainian"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1836480","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1836480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1836480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1836483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1836480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1836480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1836480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}