U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with Ukraine's President Zelensky to provide $ 800 million in additional military support, including armored vehicles, to prepare for a major attack on eastern Ukraine, which is feared by Russian troops in the near future. Revealed.
President Biden of the United States held a telephone talk with President Zelensky of Ukraine for about an hour on the 13th, and announced that he would provide additional military support of 800 million dollars, about 100 billion yen in Japanese yen.
A statement released by the White House after the meeting stated that additional military assistance "includes new military equipment to respond to Russia's increased attack in eastern Ukraine" in preparation for further attacks on the Russian side. It is said that it is to improve the defense ability.
Military support includes armored vehicles, artillery systems, and helicopters, and some of these weapons were requested by the Ukrainian side last week to be provided by the U.S. Army's chief of defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Millie. Was revealed.
The United States has announced military support one after another as civilian casualties continue to increase in Ukraine, and since Russia launched a military invasion in late February, military support to Ukraine has totaled more than $ 2.5 billion. It is climbing up to.
This is about 40% of Ukraine's defense budget in 2020, estimated by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in Sweden, which analyzes the world's military situation.