Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, right, greets Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov during an arrival ceremony at the Pentagon, Tuesday, July 2, 2024, in Washington. WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday that the U.S. will soon announce an additional $2.3 billion in security assistance for Ukraine, to include anti-tank weapons, interceptors and munitions for Patriot and other air defense systems.
The announcement comes just days before the U.S. hosts the NATO summit in Washington and as Ukraine has continued to lobby for“Hopefully soon Ukraine will receive its invitation,” the Ukrainian minister responded.in Ukraine in the last week alone. And he urged national leaders to relax restrictions on the use of Western weapons to. In particular, he said, Ukraine needs the “necessary means to destroy the carriers of these bombs, including Russian combat aircraft, wherever they are.