This assistance is believed to be playing an important role in the advances Ukraine is making in an ongoing offensive to retake territory seized by Russia earlier this year the cities of Kupiansk and Izium are reported to have just been liberated.

commitment to Ukraine is much higher: up to $40 billion in security assistance, or $110 million a day over the last year. And this month, Biden also asked Congress to authorize an additional $13.7 billion for Ukraine, including money for equipment and intelligence.īecause the assistance is drawn from a variety of sources - and because it’s not always easy to distinguish between aid that’s been authorized, pledged, or delivered - some analysts estimate the true figure of the U.S. The administration noted on that occasion that the total military assistance committed to Ukraine this year had reached $12.9 billion, more than $15.5 billion since 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea.

Weeks earlier, President Joe Biden unveiled a $3 billion aid package, the largest yet, symbolically choosing Ukraine’s Independence Day for the announcement. military equipment as well as a $2.2 billion “long-term” investment to bolster the security of Ukraine and 17 of its neighbor countries. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a new $675 million package of U.S. On Thursday, on a surprise visit to Kyiv, U.S. officials have announced a flurry of initiatives aimed at supporting Ukrainian defense efforts while keeping short of a more direct involvement in the conflict. Keeping track of the numbers is challenging. government has pumped more money and weapons into supporting the Ukrainian military than it sent in 2020 to Afghanistan, Israel, and Egypt combined - surpassing in a matter of months three of the largest recipients of U.S. Since Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February, the U.S.

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