The US President also announced a new aid package to Kiev but it didnt include long-range ATACMS missiles US President Joe Biden announc
The US President also announced a new aid package to Kiev, but it didn?t include long-range ATACMS missiles
US President Joe Biden announced that the first American Abrams M1 tanks would reach Ukraine within days as he met with his Ukrainian counterpart, Vladimir Zelensky, at the White House.
“Next week, the first US Abrams tanks will be delivered in Ukraine,” Biden promised after the talks on Thursday.
The US leader said he had also “approved the next tranche of security assistance” for Kiev.
The Pentagon later valued the package at $325 million, saying it includes air defenses, ammunition for HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, anti-tank weapons, and artillery rounds.
The long-range ATACMS missiles, which Kiev had been requesting from Washington for months, have been absent from the new round of military aid.
Biden insisted that the US support for Ukraine is about “the future of freedom,” which “America can never, will never walk away from.
