Biden admin sending $325 million in military resources to Ukraine

Sep 22, 2023

Shannon Longworth Anchor/Reporter

By Shannon Longworth (Anchor/Reporter), Ian Kennedy (Editor), Brock Koller (Senior Producer)

The Biden administration is sending its 47th installment of support to Ukraine since Aug. 2021. The announcement on Thursday, Sept. 22, detailed what resources the Department of Defense will be sending, totaling $325 million.

According to a release from the White House, this package includes resources to help Ukrainian forces defend against “brutal aerial assaults from Russia.”

AIM-9M missiles for air defense;
Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
Avenger air defense systems;
.50 caliber machine guns to counter Unmanned Aerial Systems;
155mm artillery rounds, including DPICM;
105mm artillery rounds;
Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
Over 3 million rounds of small arms ammunition;
59 light tactical vehicles;
Demolitions munitions for obstacle clearing; and
Spare parts, maintenance, and other field equipment.

According to the White House, this military assistance package was put together under the Presidential Drawdown Authority for Ukraine.

This package comes after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (CA-R).

Biden is asking Congress to pass an additional $24 billion in funding for Ukraine. In a letter, 29 Republicans expressed opposition to the additional funding.

“Since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the United States has appropriated $114 billion in supplemental funding for Ukraine and “countries impacted by the situation in Ukraine,”” the letter read.

Tags: Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine aid, Volodymyr Zelenskyy

DURING UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMRY ZELENSKYY’S VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE ON THURSDAY – PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE U.S. WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($325) IN AID TO HIS COUNTRY – AS UKRAINE REMAINS EMBROILED IN THE WAR WITH RUSSIA.

BIDEN SAID THE PACKAGE FOCUSES ON BOLSTERING UKRAINE’S AIR DEFENSE CAPABILITIES AND INCLUDES MORE ARTILLERY, AMMUNITION AND ANTI-TANK WEAPONS.

THE PRESIDENT IS STILL ASKING CONGRESS TO APPROVE AN ADDITIONAL $24 BILLION IN AID FOR UKRAINE.

PRIOR TO THE MEETING WITH BIDEN, ZELENSKYY SPOKE TO A BIPARTISAN GROUP FROM THE HOUSE AND SENATE – AS REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE SKEPTICAL ABOUT PROVIDING MORE AID.

ON THE SAME DAY AS ZELENSYY’S VISIT — TWENTY NINE REPUBLICANS EXPRESSED THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE US PROVIDING THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN A LETTER TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.