The Biden administration announced a new $500 million military aid package for Ukraine on Thursday, weeks before President-elect Trump takes office.
“The United States is also providing a critical package of urgently needed arms and equipment to our Ukrainian partners defending against Russia's continued aggression,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.
The package announced Thursday includes a drone. High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) guns and ammunition. armored vehicle. Nuclear, chemical and radiological protection equipment. and other equipment.
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President Biden welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the South Lawn of the White House on December 21, 2022 in Washington. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
The latest aid follows a $988 million military aid package for Ukraine that Biden announced earlier this week.
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Members of the Ukrainian Army's 24th Mechanized Brigade fire a self-propelled howitzer at Russian troops during the Russian offensive in Ukraine near the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine, November 18, 2024. (Oleg Petrasiuk/Press Department of the 24th King Danilo of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Separate Mechanized Brigade/Distributed via Reuters)
Trump's election victory raises questions about whether he will continue with billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine.
President Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance have criticized the Biden administration's aid to Ukraine, with the former president saying in an election hearing that he would end the war before taking office.
Vance made headlines this year when he suggested that the best way to end the war would be for Ukraine to cede land occupied by Russia and establish a demilitarized zone, a suggestion that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected. flatly refused.
French President Emmanuel Macron (center) poses with President-elect Trump (left) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the Elysée Palace in Paris on December 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
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During his visit to Paris last weekend, President Trump was expected to meet with President Zelenskiy to discuss the ongoing conflict.
Fox News Digital's Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.
