The American president, who is preparing to hand over his post to Donald Trump, granted this Monday, December 30, final assistance to Ukraine consisting of nearly 2.5 billion dollars in military equipment and 3.4 billion dollars budgetary support.
A few days before ceding power to Donald Trump, Joe Biden announced this Monday, December 30, a final massive portion of military and economic aid to Ukraine, for a total amount of around $6 billion. This assistance consists of nearly $2.5 billion in military equipment and nearly $3.4 billion in direct budgetary support to Kyiv.
The aid includes on the one hand immediately available weapons, which the Pentagon takes from American stocks, for an amount of 1.25 billion dollars, and on the other hand equipment ordered from manufacturers for an amount of 1.22 billion dollars. The outgoing Democratic president said in his press release that he had exhausted the credits granted by Congress in the spring, after tough negotiations, to order weapons from the defense industry for Ukraine. He also ensures that his government continues to send the Ukrainian army as many weapons as possible, in particular older generation equipment taken from the reserves of the American forces.
The Pentagon a “undertaken to deliver hundreds of thousands of artillery charges, thousands of missiles, and hundreds of armored vehicles that will reinforce Ukrainian positions as winter begins,” he declared. According to a separate statement from the US State Department, among the weapons immediately made available by the Ministry of Defense will be drones, ammunition for multiple rocket launchers of the “HIMARS” type, optically guided missiles, systems anti-tank weapons, air-to-ground ammunition and spare parts.
The Republican’s election victory in November cast doubt on the future of US support for Ukraine, which is losing ground against Russian troops, with the future US president having promised to end the war “in 24 hours”.
“Decisive moment”
“This support comes at a decisive time, as Russia intensifies its attacks,” greeted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the social network «gratitude». He assured that achieving peace in 2025 was a “objective shared by Ukraine and all its partners”, concluding: “Ukraine, which defends itself against brutal attacks every day, is counting on its friends.”
“The United States and more than 50 nations will continue together to ensure that Ukraine has the capabilities it needs to defend itself against Russian aggression,” said Secretary of State Antony Blinken, quoted in the press release. “We continue to do everything possible to put Ukraine in a good position to achieve a just peace,” declared for her part Finance Minister Janet Yellen.
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