Washington Authorizes $100 Million in Military Aid to Ukraine

Workers unload a shipment of military aid delivered as part of the United States of America's security assistance to Ukraine, at the Boryspil airport, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 25, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/file/AP Photo

The Biden administration has authorized an additional $100 million in military aid to Ukraine to help the embattled country fight against the ongoing invasion by Russian forces.

“Today, May 19, the Department of Defense (DoD) announces the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to an additional $100 million. This authorization is the tenth drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021,” Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said in a May 19 press release.