The US will send $1.7bn in military aid to Ukraine, including an array of munitions for air defense systems, artillery, mortars, and anti-tank and anti-ship missiles.
The package includes $1.5bn for long-term contracts through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative and $200m in immediate military aid from Pentagon stockpiles.
Russian forces have overrun two frontline villages in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region after relentless assaults as part of a Kremlin summer push to overwhelm battlefield defenses.
[
Collection
]
[
|
...
]