US to Send $450 Million in Security Aid to Ukraine in Latest Package

Reuters US To Send 450Million In Security Aid To Ukraine In Latest Package

The United States will provide an additional $450 million in security assistance to Ukraine, including more long-range rocket systems, U.S. officials said on Thursday.

Moscow’s forces are advancing in Ukraine’s east in a bid to capture the industrial heartland known as the Donbas, where Ukraine fears some of its troops could be encircled in a Russian pincer move.

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