Austin to Announce Up to $6 Billion Arms Commitment to Ukraine
- Long-term assistance will include air defense systems
- Biden says other military aid will soon arrive in Ukraine
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is set to announce on Friday the commitment of as much as $6 billion to bankroll long-term contracts to provide Ukraine with weapons such as Patriot missiles and drones, according to several US officials familiar with the issue.
Austin’s announcement, planned for the start of a press conference, will lay out a broad commitment but not signed contracts, which would likely take months to finalize under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, or USAI, for systems that would be delivered over years.