US President Joe Biden praised the sacrifices Ukrainians made in defending the capital KyivEmphasizing that they achieved a historic victory.
And he tweeted on his official page on Twitter, stressing that the unity of the United States with allies, partners and the Ukrainian people, sends an unequivocal message to Putin, that he will never succeed in controlling and occupying all of Ukraine, and he pointed out that “there is no evidence yet of the final fall of Mariupol.” “.
The Battle of Kyiv was a historic victory for the Ukrainians. It was a victory for freedom won by the Ukrainian people with unprecedented assistance by the United States and our Allies and partners.
— President Biden (@POTUS) April 21, 2022
He revealed that he had authorized the provision of additional military aid to Ukraine, amounting to $800 million, referring to a “decisive window” in the conflict, as Russia prepares for the next stage of the war.
He added that the new package will include heavy artillery, 144,000 rounds of ammunition and tactical drones, according to Archyde.com news agency. He said America will also provide $500 million in direct economic assistance to the government of Ukraine.
He announced that Washington would ban Russian ships from entering American ports. “This means that no ship, no ship sailing under the Russian flag or owned or operated by a Russian entity will be allowed to dock in a port in the United States or enter our shores…not one,” Biden said.
After Biden announced a new package of military aid to Ukraine, the US Department of Defense published a list of its contents, and in an official statement to John Kerry, he said that it was 72 Howitzer cannons with 144,000 artillery rounds, in addition to 121 “Phoenix Spirit” drones.
Officials in the US Department of Defense revealed, in contact with journalists, that the marches from the “spirit of the phoenix” were manufactured by the US forces at the request of the Ukrainians, as these marches were manufactured within only weeks.
They added that they are suicide marches that explode on their targets, a weapon similar to the Switchblade marches.. They also revealed that the new howitzer guns obtained by Ukraine are the size of 5 artillery battalions (72 guns and 144,000 rounds).
And they said that the aid announced by the US President, Thursday, will begin to reach the theater of operations within 24 hours.
US officials confirmed that the weapons were being handed over to the Ukrainians and they were disposing of them.
A senior US official said that the US Stinger missiles do not carry tracking devices to ensure that they are in the hands of the Ukrainian forces and not in the hands of a third party (there are questions and fears that these missiles will fall into the hands of terrorists).
The US official said that the Ukrainians now have more armor on the battlefield than the Russian forces.
He stressed that the Russian forces now have 85 combat battalions operating on Ukrainian soil, and that the Russians have introduced 3 new battalions to the battlefield during the past 24 hours.
The US official said that the Russian forces have so far bombed 1,670 missiles since the start of operations, some of which came from the Black Sea.
