China News Service, April 21. According to a CNN report, on the 21st local time, US President Biden delivered a speech at the White House, saying that the United States will provide Ukraine with an additional $800 million in military aid.
He also said the United States would ban Russian-linked ships from the country's ports.
Data map: US President Biden attends an event at the White House.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong
According to the report, Biden said, "Today, I announced an allocation of 800 million US dollars to further enhance Ukraine's combat capabilities in the eastern and Donbas regions." He also said that the United States and its allies are "as soon as possible" to provide weapons to the Ukrainian military .
Total U.S. military aid to Ukraine has exceeded $3 billion since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
In addition, Biden announced that the United States would ban Russian-related ships from U.S. ports to further isolate Moscow.
He said it was "another critical step" the United States had taken with its Canadian and European allies to "deprive Russia of the benefits of the international economic system that Russia has enjoyed in the past."
On the 19th local time, the heads of the United States, Britain and Canada held a video conference to discuss how to deal with the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. They also said that they would provide Ukraine with more artillery weapons.