Biden administration to announce $3 billion in additional aid to Ukraine
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The Biden administration is expected to announce Wednesday its largest security package to Ukraine to date valued at $3 billion. The announcement will coincide with the six-month anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The package will come from the Ukraine Security Assistance (USAI) funds process, according to a U.S. official, which means the U.S. will buy the weapons through contracts instead of drawing from existing Defense Department inventory and sending them immediately.
The administration has used the USAI process in previous security packages for items like medium-range air defense systems, surveillance drones and counter-artillery radar systems. The time it takes for the weapons to get to Ukraine depends on industry's production lines.
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