US to Provide $1.6 Billion for Kyiv’s Long-Range Arms Production
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A Ukrainian Neptune missile.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of UkraineThis article is for subscribers only.
Ukraine expects to receive $1.6 billion from the US to finance domestic production of long-range weapons, boosting the country’s ability to strike military targets in Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
An $800-million tranche to fund the domestic production of drones will arrive in “coming days” and will be followed by the second disbursement of $700 million to $800 million, Zelenskiy told journalists on Monday in Kyiv after meeting US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.