Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, flanked by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Charles Q. Brown, announced a new $6 billion aid package for Ukraine after meeting with defense officials from dozens of countries committed to helping them fend off Russian aggression.
Austin’s announcement came only days after President Joe Biden signed his national security supplemental funding request into law that allocated roughly $60 billion for the Department of Defense to use to help Ukraine. Shortly after Biden signed the legislation into law, the department announced a $1 billion military aid package.
The aid package Austin announced “will allow us to procure new capabilities for Ukraine from the U.S. industry,” the secretary said. “This is the largest security assistance package that we’ve committed to date. It will
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