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White House Rushes Weapons To Ukraine Before Trump Takeover
The Guardian
|December 04, 2024
The Biden administration is hurrying military equipment to Ukraine in a last-ditch effort to shore up the country's defenses against the Russian invasion before Donald Trump assumes the US presidency in January.
The newly announced $725m (£572m) in assistance will include Stinger air-defense missiles, anti-drone weapons, artillery shells and long-range Himars rocket munitions, as well as spare parts and other assistance to repair damaged equipment, the state department said.
Ukraine is desperately seeking to stabilize its frontlines in both the east of the country, where Russia has made grinding progress toward the crucial logistics town of Pokrovsk, as well in the Kursk region of Russia, where Ukrainian forces are bracing themselves for an assault by Russian and North Korean troops.
This story is from the December 04, 2024 edition of The Guardian.
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