The White House stated in a statement regarding the call that the package includes air defenses and armored vehicles, noting that Biden briefed his Ukrainian counterpart on “his efforts to enhance security assistance to Kiev during the remainder of his term in the White House.”
The statement added, “In the coming months, the United States will deliver to Ukraine hundreds of air defense systems to intercept missiles, dozens of tactical air defense systems, additional artillery systems, large quantities of ammunition, hundreds of armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles, and thousands of additional armored vehicles.”
According to the White House, during the call, Biden touched on “his efforts to increase military aid to Ukraine until the end of his term” in January 2025, while briefing Zelensky His American counterpart on the latest developments in his “plan to achieve victory over Russia,” which he announced on Wednesday.
Zelensky wrote on the X platform that he spoke with Biden and thanked him for this assistance, which includes “long-range weapons.”
He added Ukrainian President Who is scheduled to deliver a speech during the European Union summit on Thursday, “I am grateful to the President Biden And to both parties in Congress and the American people for the $425 million in defense assistance announced today.”
Since the start of the war in 2022, the United States has agreed to provide $175 billion in economic or military aid to Ukraine.
Biden will be in Germany starting Friday on one of his last visits before the end of his presidential term, during which the situation in Ukraine will be discussed.
Press information stated that President Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz may be joined by French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
