The Biden administration announced a military aid package to Ukraine of over $1 billion.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre revealed the $1.1 billion package at Wednesday's press briefing, which comes a day after Russia's rigged referendums in occupied Ukrainian territories went in favor of joining the Russian Federation, which has been a foregone conclusion since they were announced.This package includes 18 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, ammunition for them, which U.S.
Russia said referendums in four major territories in Ukraine — the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson — supposedly resulted in overwhelming support for joining the Russian Federation. Jean-Pierre said last week that the Biden administration is"prepared to impose additional swift and severe economic costs on Russia along with our allies and partners" if it goes ahead with annexing the territory. She has also said the U.S. would"never" recognize that territory as Russian.The U.S. has given Ukraine more than $16 billion in military aid since Russia invaded roughly seven months ago in late February.
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