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Jimmie Johnson Reporter

Biden announces more aid for Ukraine after Zelenskyy address

Mar 16, 2022

Jimmie Johnson Reporter

By Jimmie Johnson (Reporter), Ben Burke (Producer/Editor)

Hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyrr Zelenskyy spoke to Congress, President Joe Biden announced the U.S. will provide $800 million in additional aid to Ukraine, in addition to the $200 million sent earlier in the week. The package consists of defense articles and services of the Department of Defense, along with military education and training.

“This new package on its own is going to provide unprecedented assistance to Ukraine,” Biden said.

It includes:

800 Stinger anti-aircraft systems;
2,000 Javelin, 1,000 light anti-armor weapons, and 6,000 AT-4 anti-armor systems;
100 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems;
100 grenade launchers, 5,000 rifles, 1,000 pistols, 400 machine guns, and 400 shotguns;
Over 20 million rounds of small arms ammunition and grenade launcher and mortar rounds;
25,000 sets of body armor; and
25,000 helmets.

“The United States and our allies and partners are fully committed to surging weapons of assistance to the Ukrainians, and more will be coming as we source additional stocks of equipment that are all that we’re ready to transfer,” Biden said.

At least 30 countries are providing assistance to Ukraine.

“Together with our allies and partners, we will keep up the pressure on Putin’s crumbling economy, isolating him on the global stage. That’s our goal,” Biden said. “Make Putin pay the price weaken his position, while strengthening the hand of the Ukrainians on the battlefield at the negotiating table.”

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Jimmie Johnson: THE U-S IS TAKING MORE ACTION IN UKRAINE.
WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCING 800 MILLION DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL MILITARY AID.
WITH A PROMISE TO DELIVER ANTI-AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS — GRENADE LAUNCHERS — AND EVEN DRONES.
ALL OF THAT – A BIG DEAL FOR UKRAINE’S FIGHT AGAINST RUSSIA.
BUT IT’S WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID AFTER WEDNESDAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HAS MANY PEOPLE TALKING.
TAKE A LISTEN —
Reporter: “Mr President, after everything we’ve seen, are you ready to call Putin a war criminal?”
President Joe Biden: “No.”
President Joe Biden: “Did you ask me whether…”
Reporter: “If he was a war criminal, sir?”
President Joe Biden: “Oh, I think he is a war criminal.”
Jimmie Johnson: THAT WAS THE PRESIDENT — CALLING RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN A WAR CRIMINAL.
BIDEN DOUBLED DOWN ON TWITTER — SAYING “PUTIN IS INFLICTING APPALLING DEVASTATION AND HORROR ON UKRAINE.”
HE CALLED PUTIN’S ACTIONS ATROCITIES AND AN OUTRAGE TO THE WORLD.
President Joe Biden: “What’s at stake here are the principles that the United States and the United Nations and across the world stand for. It’s about freedom. It’s about the right of people to determine their own future. It’s about making sure Ukraine never will never be a victory for Putin, no matter what advances he makes on the battlefield.”}