The Biden administration in the United States has announced that it will provide additional military aid to Ukraine for $500 million (W730 billion).U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
unveiled an additional $500 million package of support at a U.S. air base in Ramstein, Germany, that includes anti-aircraft missiles, air-to-ground munitions and technical support for F-16 fighter jets.
Given that the second Donald Trump administration will be launched in the United States on the 20th, the support is actually expected to be the Biden administration's last arms aid measure to Ukraine.
The Biden administration has been speeding up its support to make the most of the $60.8 billion (89 trillion won) in Ukraine's security aid budget, which was passed by Congress in April last year, before the inauguration of the second Trump administration.
It is unclear whether the Trump administration will continue the Biden administration's support stance for Ukraine in the future.
Keith Kellogg, Trump's nominee for Ukraine-Russia special envoy, insisted that "we must not continue sending weapons to a war in a stalemate that Ukraine cannot beat."
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