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U.S. to announce $2.3 billion in military assistance for Ukraine
CBSN
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the U.S. will soon announce more than $2.3 billion in military assistance for Ukraine.
The presidential drawdown authority package — the type of aid that takes munitions from current Defense Department stocks and sends them to Ukraine — would be one of the largest the Biden administration has committed to Ukraine since Russia's 2022 invasion.
"This package under the presidential drawdown authority will provide more air defense interceptors, anti-tank weapons, and other critical munitions from U.S. inventories," Austin said during a meeting Tuesday at the Pentagon with Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov at the Pentagon.
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