US announces 3 billion Dollars in military aid to Ukraine

US President Joe Biden announced nearly 3 billion Dollars in military aid to Kyiv on Wednesday as Ukraine marked its independence day six months after Russia's military operation in the country.

Biden said in a statement that, he is proud to announce the biggest tranche of security assistance to date, approximately 2.98 billion dollars of weapons and equipment to be provided through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.

This will allow Ukraine to acquire air defense systems, artillery systems and munitions, counter-unmanned aerial systems, and radars to



ensure it can continue to defend itself over the long term, he added.

The funds can be used for immediate war costs, including acquisitions of supplies and arms, and are separate from the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), under which Biden has been able to order transfers of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine's forces from existing US military stockpiles.

Biden said six months of relentless attacks have only strengthened Ukrainians' pride in themselves, in their country, and in their thirty-one years of independence.