US determined to continue robust assistance to Ukraine - State Department

13.01.2023 20:20

Ukrinform

The United States intends to continue its robust security and economic assistance to Ukraine at a time when the Ukrainian nation has been resisting large-scale brutal Russian aggression for almost a year.

Department of State spokesperson Ned Price said this in a statement following a call between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Ukrinform reports.

"The two focused on continuing robust security and economic assistance in the run-up to, and beyond, the first anniversary in February of Russia's unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine," the statement reads.

At the same time, Price added that Blinken had emphasized "the United States' enduring and unflinching support for Ukraine, as underscored by recent provisions of advanced air defense equipment and armored vehicles from U.S. stocks."

Last Friday, the White House announced the allocation of a new security assistance package to Ukraine worth more than $3 billion. It includes, among other things, the Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, self-propelled howitzers, missile weapons, ammunition and other military assistance.