US Sending $500 Million in Weapons, Military Aid to Ukraine

US Sending $500 Million in Weapons, Military Aid to Ukraine
U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer shells lie on the ground to fire at Russian positions in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region on June 18, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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WASHINGTON—The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it is sending up to $500 million in military aid to Ukraine, including more than 50 heavily armored vehicles and an infusion of missiles for air defense systems, as Ukrainian and Western leaders try to sort out the impact of the brief weekend insurrection in Russia.

The aid is aimed at bolstering Ukraine’s counteroffensive, which has been moving slowly in its early stages.