US is sending $425 million in military assistance to Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon announced Friday it was sending an further $425 cardinal successful subject assistance to Ukraine arsenic Kyiv prepares to look Russian forces augmented by much than 10,000 North Korean troops.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had said much assistance was coming, and soon, during his sojourn to Kyiv past week. This assistance package includes weapons that will beryllium pulled from existing U.S. stockpiles, including aerial defense interceptors for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, munitions for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and 155 mm artillery, and armored vehicles and anti-tank weapons.

Ukraine’s eastbound cities proceed to look an onslaught of Russian rocket strikes, including 1 connected Kharkiv by a 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) glide bomb. The onslaught Thursday deed an flat complex, sidesplitting 3 and injuring scores.

In addition, Ukraine is facing caller uncertainty arsenic waves of North Korean soldiers deployed to Russia person arrived adjacent Ukraine’s separator and are preparing to subordinate nan conflict against Ukrainian troops successful coming days.

Russia has progressively utilized powerful glide bombs to pummel Ukrainian positions on nan 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) statement of interaction and onslaught cities dozens of kilometers (miles) from nan beforehand line. Kharkiv, a metropolis of 1.1 million, is astir 30 kilometers (less than 20 miles) from nan border.

The assistance package announced Friday by nan Pentagon brings nan full magnitude of subject assistance nan U.S. has provided Ukraine since Russia invaded successful February 2022 to $60.4 billion.