{"id":2001378,"date":"2023-08-15T14:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T18:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-to-send-200-million-in-new-military-aid-to-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T14:45:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T18:45:07","slug":"us-to-send-200-million-in-new-military-aid-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-to-send-200-million-in-new-military-aid-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"US to provide $200M in fresh military aid to Ukraine."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fus-to-send-200-million-in-new-military-aid-to-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=2001378&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--><h2>The United \u2062States to Provide \u2063$200 Million in Military Aid to Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p>The Pentagon announced this week that the United States will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-to-send-200-million-in-new-military-aid-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"US to provide 0M in fresh military aid to Ukraine.\">transfer \u2062additional military \u2064equipment \u2063worth<\/a> up to $200\u2062 million to Ukraine to aid in its ongoing fight against\u200d Russian aggression.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated\u2064 that\u2064 the new package of \u2062security \u2064aid will include munitions for\u200b U.S.-provided Patriot air-defense systems, \u200cartillery rounds, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-ships-200-million-to-ukraine-while-american-soldiers-go-hungry\/\" title=\"Biden sends 0M to Ukraine as US soldiers face hunger.\">additional mine-clearing equipment<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-announces-new-300m-military-aid-package-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"Biden admin to give Ukraine 0M in military aid.\">anti-armor capabilities<\/a>. This assistance is\u2064 being provided under the Ukraine\u200b Security Assistance Initiative, highlighting the United States&#8217; commitment to defending Ukraine&#8217;s \u200cterritories and protecting its people.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related\u2064 Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china\/us-provides-taiwan-with-345-military-aid-package-to-counter-chinas-threats-5431098\">US Provides \u200bTaiwan With $345 Million Military Aid Package\u200b to Counter China&#8217;s Threats<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span>7\/29\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/us-to-give-ukraine-400-million-in-weapons-to-fight-russia-5423718\">US \u2062to Give Ukraine $400 Million More in Weapons to \u200dFight Russia<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span>7\/26\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Every day, Russia is killing Ukrainian civilians and destroying civil infrastructure, while also\u200c weaponizing hunger and contributing \u2064to\u2064 global food insecurity through its destruction of Ukraine\u2019s civilian ports and \u2063grain infrastructure,&#8221; Mr. Blinken said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Russia started \u200cthis war and could\u2064 end it at\u200b any time by withdrawing \u2063its forces from Ukraine and stopping its brutal attacks. \u200bUntil it does, the United States and our allies and partners will stand united with Ukraine, for as\u2062 long \u200cas it takes,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>This $200 million military \u2063aid is \u2064the 44th \u200ddrawdown\u2063 from\u200b U.S. Department of Defense inventories for \u200dUkraine since August 2021. The assistance will utilize <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-policy-experts-blast-biden-as-situation-in-middle-east-rapidly-deteriorates-in-3-key-areas\/\" title=\"Foreign Policy Experts Blast Biden As Situation In Middle East Rapidly Deteriorates In 3 Key Areas\">presidential drawdown authority<\/a>, allowing\u200b the Pentagon to quickly ship weapons from its\u2062 own stocks\u2062 to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.S. Department of \u200dDefense, the Biden administration has committed over $43 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of Russia&#8217;s invasion on Feb. 24, 2022. Previous aid packages have included thousands of Stinger anti-aircraft systems, more than 10,000 Javelin anti-armor systems, and \u200bmillions of 155 mm artillery rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed gratitude to \u200cthe United States for the new aid package, stating that \u2064it includes \u200c&#8221;much-needed things&#8221; and emphasizing the ongoing \u200cpartnership for defense.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:640px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>U.S. President Joe Biden\u200b (L) walks with Ukraine&#8217;s \u200dPresident Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of a working session on \u200bUkraine during the G-7 Leaders&#8217; Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 21, 2023. (Susan Walsh\/Pool\/AFP via Getty \u2063Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I want to thank \u2062the United\u200d States today for the new package. \u200dMunitions for Patriots, for HIMARS, artillery, Javelins, and more,&#8221; Mr. Zelenskiy said. &#8220;There will be even more work soon with our \u2062partners for the sake of defense,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The United States\u2062 states that these items are being provisioned \u2063as part\u200d of a \u2063$6.2 billion aid package authorized in June under the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA). \u200dThe PDA\u2063 allows \u2064the \u2063Biden \u200badministration to transfer \u200barticles and services from U.S. stocks \u200bwithout congressional\u200b approval \u200bduring an\u2063 emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, it was revealed that\u200b a Pentagon accounting error had overvalued billions of dollars of aid for \u2062Ukraine. As a result, Washington will now begin to distribute $6.2 billion in funds \u200dto Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>This error\u2062 occurred because U.S. \u2064military\u2064 officials didn&#8217;t \u2062accurately account for \u200bthe \u200cvalue\u200c of the weapons sent to Ukraine\u2062 from the Pentagon&#8217;s stockpile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pentagon revealed plans to provide Ukraine with $200 million worth of military equipment to support its battle against Russian aggression. Antony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, stated that the aid package will encompass ammunition for the Patriot air-defense systems already supplied by the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":2001379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2001378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2001378","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\/124"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2001378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2001379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2001378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2001378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2001378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}