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The United States will provide $1.85 billion in additional military assistance for Ukraine, including a transfer of the Patriot Air Defense System, President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.

The announcement came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Washington to meet Biden and address Congress in his first known overseas trip since Russia invaded Ukraine 300 days ago.

The assistance includes a $1 billion drawdown to provide Ukraine with “expanded air defense and precision-strike capabilities” and $850 million in security assistance, Blinken said in a separate statement. Russia said last week that US plans to supply Patriot missile defense systems to Ukraine were a “provocation” and a further expansion of US military involvement in the Ukraine conflict.

“Today’s assistance for the first time includes the Patriot Air Defense System, capable of bringing down cruise missiles, short range ballistic missiles, and aircraft at a significantly higher ceiling than previously provided air defense systems,” Blinken said in the statement released by the US State Department.

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From the picture you can see that someone is plugging someone in the ass

This is USA vs Russia not Ukraine... Russia must not stop dealing with those agents. Putin you must beat the dogs until the owner comes out

They are busy funding the war these war mongers

They got money for war, but can't feed the poor

May this contribution help ending this war. 🙏🙏

America ‘s 🇺🇸 proxy war with Russia 🇷🇺 by time RussiaGov_EN retaliates and annihilates America

US proxy war with Russia. 🤑🤫

Zelenskiy's wife is going to be so happy.....shop, shop, shop till she drops

We have long said that USA is fighting with Russia on Ukraine ground, how would they spend so much as if it's their own war? Khona kushaya manzi

Thank you America!

Please ask yourself, why would he do that? And no, he is not being kind.

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