Ukraine Latest: US Adds $4.5 Billion in Aid, $1 Billion in Arms
Malta-flagged bulk carrier M/V Rojen carrying tons of grain from Ukraine sails along the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul on Aug. 7.
Photographer: Yasin Akgul/AFP/Getty Images
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The US announced $4.5 billion in additional direct budgetary support to Ukraine and $1 billion more in military aid drawn from existing Pentagon inventory.
Russia told diplomats it’s ready to welcome international monitors at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which the International Atomic Energy Agency said was at risk of a “nuclear disaster” after it was shelled last week.