US to provide another $2 billion in military aid to Kiev

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba (R) meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. -/https://photonew.ukrinform.com/ Ukrinform/dpa

The United States is providing Ukraine with another $2 billion in military aid for its defence against the Russian invasion, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Kiev on Wednesday.

"We will provide an additional $2 billion in foreign military financing for Ukraine," Blinken, who arrived in the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday, said.

The visit is Blinken's fourth since the start of the war in February 2022 and is also the first visit since the US Congress approved a long-delayed aid package of $61 billion in April.

Ukraine has been on the defensive for months due to a lack of weapons, ammunition and soldiers.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ahead of a bilateral meeting at the Mariinsky Palace. -/Ukraine Presidency via Planet Pix via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa