INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The United States will announce a new security assistance package for Ukraine of about $3 billion as early as Wednesday, a U.S
official said on Tuesday, in what would be the single largest tranche to Kyiv since Russia&s invasion six months ago.The package is being
prepared to coincide with Ukraine&s independence day on Wednesday, Reuters reported.The package uses funds from the Ukraine Security
Assistance Initiative (USAI) appropriated by Congress to allow the Biden administration to procure weapons from industry rather than taking
weapons from existing U.S
weapons stocks.Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official said the new weapons did not appear to include types of arms that had not
been provided previously to the Ukrainian military
But the official said it would focus on ammunition and more medium-term objectives like defense systems.Under the USAI, the weapons could
take months to arrive in Europe given that companies have to procure them, Reuters reported.The official said the amount and mix of weapons
could change before the formal announcement.Since Russian troops invaded on Feb
24 in what Russian President Vladimir Putin termed a &special military operation& to demilitarize Ukraine, the conflict has settled into a
war of attrition fought primarily in eastern and southern Ukraine.Washington has provided $10.6 billion in military assistance to President
Volodymyr Zelenskiy&s government since Feb
24.The post US to announce $3 billion in new military aid for Ukraine first appeared on Ariana News.
