US announces $1.7 billion military aid to Ukraine

The United States announced on Monday that it would back Ukraine with two new military aid packages, worth about $1.7 billion.

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that the presidential package, worth about $200m, would include air defence interceptors, ammunition for HIMARS, as well as mortar and artillery missiles, as well as Javelin and anti-tank missiles.

Kirby also said the US Department of Defence will provide $1.5 billion to Ukraine through security assistance initiative funds.

These resources will reinforce Ukraine's air defence “through antitankic and long-range action weapons, he said.

Kirby's announcement comes hours after Ukraine carried out a wave of deep-depressed attacks within Russia's territory, damaging infrastructure facilities in two regions, Russia's Defence Ministry and regional officials said.

This is the second day in a row that reported Ukrainian attacks cause damage to Russian infrastructure objects.

Since he began the unprotested invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Moscow has systematically and systematically hit infrastructure and civilian facilities in Ukraine, causing casualties and damage.

In response, Ukraine has begun to hit the facilities of the oil refinery and energy infrastructure within Russia, which mainly work for the Russian Army.

Meanwhile, Russia carried out attacks in the southern cities of Ukraine, Herson and Nikopol, Monday morning, wounding 20 people, including five children, regional and local officials said. /rel