The bundle, valued at $250m, will embrace air defence system elements and artillery rounds.
Ukraine has welcomed the newest arms bundle from the US to assist its battle towards Russia because the warfare approaches the two-year mark.
The bundle, valued at $250m and introduced on Wednesday evening, will embrace air defence system elements, ammunition for HIMARS, 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds, stinger antiaircraft missiles, and medical gear.
“We’re grateful to the American authorities and other people for his or her unwavering help. Ukrainian individuals admire your management,” the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence mentioned on X on Thursday.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned it might “cowl Ukraine’s most urgent wants”.
“US management within the coalition of over 50 international locations offering Ukraine with navy help is important to countering terror and aggression not solely in Ukraine however all over the world,” he mentioned.
I thank @POTUS Joe Biden, Congress, and the American individuals for the $250 million navy help bundle introduced yesterday.
Further air protection missiles and elements, anti-tank weapons, ammunition, mine clearing, and different gear will cowl Ukraine’s most urgent wants.…— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) December 28, 2023
US President Joe Biden has requested Congress to offer one other $61 bn in aid to Ukraine. However Republicans are refusing to approve the bundle with out an settlement by the Democrats to tighten safety across the US-Mexico border.
The White Home has warned that with out the extra appropriation, US help for Ukraine’s fight towards Russia will run out by the tip of the 12 months.
Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov mentioned on Thursday the West’s strategic defeat on Moscow had “fully failed”.
Lavrov advised Russian state media that the Group of Seven international locations intend to debate the “peace system” proposed by Zelenskyy, which they agreed on at a “secret summit” held about 10 days in the past.
Cargo ship hits mine
In the meantime, a bulk provider headed to a River Danube port to load grain hit a Russian mine within the Black Sea on Wednesday, injuring two crew members, Ukrainian officers mentioned on Thursday.
“A Panama-flagged civilian vessel was blown up on an enemy sea mine within the Black Sea … The vessel misplaced its course and management and a fireplace broke out on the higher deck,” Ukraine’s southern navy command mentioned on Telegram.
A captain, sailor and an Egyptian citizen had been injured, with the latter taken to hospital within the metropolis of Izmail, the pinnacle of the Odesa regional prosecutors workplace mentioned.
Moscow has ramped up its assault within the Black Sea since leaving the United Nations-brokered grain deal in mid-July, which allowed for the secure passage of Ukrainian grain shipments.
Ukraine has pushed again Russian warships within the western a part of the Black Sea to permit some cargo ships out and in alongside a maritime hall. However the water stays closely mined, together with by Russian planes, and is especially harmful in stormy climate.