China News Agency, Washington, October 4 (Reporter Sha Hanting) The US State Department issued a statement on the 4th local time, saying that the United States will provide Ukraine with an additional $625 million in military assistance.

　　US Secretary of State Blinken said in a statement that the $625 million in military assistance, including weapons, ammunition, equipment, etc., will be drawn from the Department of Defense inventory.

　　Blinken said the U.S. has provided Ukraine with a total of about $17.5 billion in military aid since Biden took office.

　　Blinken also reiterated U.S. support for Ukraine and said that as long as the Russian-Ukrainian conflict continues, the Biden administration will continue to provide support to the Ukrainian people.

　　On the same day, US President Biden said in a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the military assistance provided by the United States to Ukraine included the "Himas" High Mobility Rocket Artillery System (HIMARS), mine-resistant anti-ambush vehicles and other weapons and equipment.

　　The White House issued a statement on the same day saying that Biden stressed that the United States will make "individuals, entities and countries involved in supporting the entry of Russia in the four places pay a heavy price."

　　According to reports, the Russian Federation Council (the upper house of parliament) held a plenary session on the 4th and passed the draft treaty and constitution that admitted Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson to the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on the 4th, emphasizing that Ukraine's territory is indivisible and inviolable.

　　Since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in February this year, the United States has taken several rounds of sanctions against Russia, including sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and other individuals, excluding some Russian banks from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) payment system, and canceling normal trade relations with Russia. Wait.

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