DISMISSING PUTIN! Biden announces ‘surge’ in military aid, & new LONG-RANGE MISSILES for Ukraine!
READ THE ENTIRE REUTERS ARTICLE HERE!
IN THE PREVIOUS ARTICLE WE SHARED, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN STERNLY STATES THAT ANY LONG-RANGE MISSILES THAT ARE USED BY A NON-NUCLEAR POWER (UKRAINE) TO STRIKE INSIDE RUSSIA, BY A NUCLEAR POWER (U.S.) WILL BE CONSIDERED AN ACT OF WAR BY BOTH COUNTRIES AND RUSSIA WILL ENGAGE ACCORDINGLY. SO, BIDEN AND THE U.S. GO AHEAD AND ARM UKRAINE WITH LONG-RANGE MISSILES. IT ISN’T ONLY THE RHETORIC THAT IS HEATING UP. ACTIONS ARE AS WELL. IF UKRAINE HAS THE MISSILES AND ARE DESPERATE THEY WILL LIKELY USE THEM. THIS CAN LEAD TO THE SPARK THAT SETS OFF THE FOREST FIRE. ARE YOU PREPARED AND READY FOR WHAT’S COMING?
Summary
With months left in office, Biden makes major commitment to Ukraine
Zelenskiy to visit Capitol Hill amid Republican criticism
Biden orders expansion of training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16s
Trump, irked, steering clear of meeting Zelensky
WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden announced more than $8 billion in military assistance for Ukraine on Thursday to help Kyiv "win this war" against Russian invaders, using a visit by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to make a major commitment.
The aid includes the first shipment of a precision-guided glide bomb called the Joint Standoff Weapon, with a range of up to 81 miles (130 km). The medium-range missile gives Ukraine a major upgrade to the weapons it is using to strike Russian forces, allowing the Ukrainians to do it at safer distances.
The bomb, capable of striking targets with high accuracy, is to be dropped from fighter jets. Biden will not announce that Washington would let Ukraine use U.S. missiles to hit targets deeper in Russia, a U.S. official said.
Supporting Ukraine, which Russia invaded in February 2022, has been a U.S. top priority, Biden said in a statement.
"That is why, today, I am announcing a surge in security assistance for Ukraine and a series of additional actions to help Ukraine win this war," said Biden, who leaves office in January.
The bulk of the new aid, $5.5 billion, is to be allocated before Monday's end of the U.S. fiscal year, when the funding authority is set to expire. Another $2.4 billion is under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which allows the administration to buy weapons for Ukraine from companies rather than pull them from U.S. stocks.
This will provide Ukraine with additional air defense, unmanned aerial systems and air-to-ground munitions, as well as strengthen Ukraine's defense industrial base and support its maintenance and sustainment requirements, Biden said.
Under his plan, the president said, the Defense Department will refurbish and provide Ukraine with an additional Patriot air defense battery and more Patriot missiles.
Biden ordered the Pentagon to expand training for Ukrainian F-16 pilots, including by supporting the training of an additional 18 pilots next year.
Zelenskiy thanked Biden and the U.S. Congress for the new military aid package, saying Ukraine would use it "in the most efficient and transparent manner".
"I am grateful to the United States for providing the items that are most critical to protecting our people," Zelenskiy said on X, mentioning the Patriot battery, drones and long-range missiles.
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The thing that most sickens me about the US and other western power hypocrisy is that when they destroy everyone’s lives they will portray moral outrage that it came to that, and in 20 years time historians will note how avoidable it all was! The US is an utter disgrace to leadership as a concept!