The US will send $300m (£234m) in military weapons to Ukraine, including ammunition, rockets and anti-aircraft missiles, the White House has said.

The surprise announcement comes as a bill in Congress to send further aid to Ukraine stalls amid partisan debate.

The US shipment, the first in nearly three months, is intended to prevent Ukraine from losing ground to Russia.

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said this aid “is nowhere near enough to meet Ukraine’s battlefield needs”.

“This ammunition will keep Ukraine’s guns firing for a period, but only a short period,” Mr Sullivan told reporters on Tuesday, adding that “it will not prevent Ukraine from running out of ammunition.”

  • @harderian729
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    -99 months ago

    Yeah, because everyone who hates biden must love trump.

    This is how tribalism works, folks. Try to rise above it.

    • 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍
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      69 months ago

      Short of a candidate getting a stroke, please describe a realistic scenario in which we get a different nominee for either party