White House Announces $1.7 Billion in New Weapons, Funds for Ukraine

The amount includes a drawdown of about $200 million in weapons and a Pentagon allocation of another $1.5 billion in security assistance money.

Ukrainian soldiers fire a shell from a towed howitzer FH-70 at a front line in the Donbas region, Ukraine, on July 18, 2022. Gleb Garanich/Reuters

The Biden administration announced on July 29 about $1.7 billion in new weapons and military funding for Ukraine.

White House national security spokesman John Kirby announced an about $200 million weapons package during a call with news media outlets on the morning of July 29. This falls under President Joe Biden’s drawdown authority.