Kyiv expects new military aid packages from Washington worth about $1.6 billion and expects to receive another $8 billion by the end of 2024. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky told reporters. The day before, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, during his visit to Kyiv, announced another commitment to provide Ukraine with weapons worth $400 million. “Today is $400 million and in the coming days another package should be for $800 million. Those $800 million are the first tranche for our production, our range. Then follows the next tranche also for range in the amount of $700 -800 million,” the Ukrainian publication Glavkom quotes Zelensky as saying. According to Zelensky, “issues about $8 billion were also discussed.”
“What part of them can be in domestic production by the end of the year, of course, I would like to get it all,” he added.
“What part of them can be in domestic production by the end of the year, of course, I would like to get it all,” he added.
