Ukraine: US announces $150m military aid package as dozens evacuated from Mariupol
by Agence France-Presse from on (#5YZF6)
The latest security assistance brings the total US military aid to $3.8bn as UN secuirty council's first statement on crisis omits words war' and invasion'
US president Joe Biden has announced another package of military assistance for Ukraine as dozens of civilians were evacuated from Mariupol's besieged steelworks, the last pocket of resistance against Russian troops in the pulverized port city.
Worth $150m, the latest US security assistance for the brave people of Ukraine" would include artillery munitions and radars, Biden said. A senior US official said it included counter-artillery radars used for detecting the source of enemy fire, and electronic jamming equipment.
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