As Russia launches a ground offensive in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, the United States announces new military aid of $400 million to kyiv.
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This new military aid American of 400 million dollars to theUkraine is available immediately, this is the third in less than three weeks, explains our correspondent in Miami, David Thomson. Taken from the reserves of the American Ministry of Defense, it was announced urgently, in the midst of an offensive Russian in the northeast of Ukraine. A land offensive which, according to Washington, will intensify.
This new shipment therefore contains weapons that Ukraine needs, described as “urgent” by the head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken. A fairly large and diverse package, specifies White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby: munitions, Patriot air defense systems, Stinger and Javelin missiles and missile launchers, 155 and 105 mm shells, but also armored vehicles.
Today, the United States is announcing a $400 million package of weapons and equipment to support the brave people of Ukraine. The United States will continue to stand with Ukraine in the fight against Russia’s aggression.
— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) May 10, 2024
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Tens of billions already invested in the war in Ukraine
However, the White House expects Russia to make other important advances in the coming weeks, but not major advances, John Kirby specifies.
“ I don’t feel angry [à l’égard des Occidentaux, NDLR]testifies MP Olekseiy Honcharenko, from kyiv, at the microphone of Sylvie Noel from RFI. I have questions for our Western ally. But without our ally, Ukraine cannot win this war and we have no other allies. I hope our allies will make the decision more quickly in the future. »
For nearly eight months, American military aid remained blocked in the House of Representatives due to Republican elected officials. At the end of April, after long negotiations, the elected representatives of Congress ended up voting military aid of 61 billion of dollars at the request of the President of the United States who have already invested nearly 50 billion in the war in Ukraine.
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Tetyana Ogarkova, head of the international department atUkraine Crisis Media Center, underlines the importance of Western aid, particularly at the time of a new offensive. “ This aid should become regular, there should be no delay and it should remain for good, she analyzes on the microphone of Clea Broadhurst of RFI’s international service. That is to say, if we are talking about the commitment of partners on Ukraine’s side, we must go there. We must set a clear goal: to liberate the Ukrainian territories and bring about the defeat of the Russians. So we have to go, that is to say we have to send everything that is necessary.
What Russia is doing is taking advantage of all the delays. Afterwards, it will be even more difficult for the partners, and it will require even more resources on the Western side, as well as our human resources, so it really has a price. All this must be really very clear, united and then with and above all a strategy. We must ask ourselves the question: what do we want from this war? It is impossible to live on the European continent with perpetual war, so if we do not want war to become a perpetual reality, we will have to act to bring about this Russian military defeat which is so necessary. »