Volodymyr Zelensky who is the Ukrainian President has on Friday announced that his country is “grateful” to the United States President, Joe Biden and the American people for the latest wholesome package of $450 million in military aid which was given to help their cause in their war against Russia.
The Biden administration had on Thursday made the open announcement of an additional military aid for Ukraine, with the United States giving Ukraine four more multiple launch rocket systems and artillery ammunition for other systems, to help them the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia. The package, which will be drawn from existing Defense Department stocks, also includes 18 patrol boats for monitoring coasts and rivers and small arms.
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Reacting, Zelensky, in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Friday, said by joint efforts, Ukrainian land will be free from the Russian aggressor.
He tweeted: “We’re grateful to [US President Joe Biden] and the American people for the decision to provide another $450 million defense aid package to Ukraine. This support, including additional HIMARS, is now more important than ever.
“By joint efforts we will free Ukrainian land from the Russian aggressor!”
Ukraine and Russia have been fighting since February this year and as of today, many casualties have already been recorded.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday revealed that he was ‘proud’ of the action of his soldiers in Ukraine, where Moscow says it is conducting a military operation.
‘We are proud that during the special military operation our fighters act with courage, and professionalism, like real heroes,‘ Putin said in televised remarks during a Kremlin meeting with military academy graduates.
Referring to Western sanctions imposed on Russia over the intervention in Ukraine, he said “they will be overcome”
And ‘in the face of new threats and risks, we will further develop and strengthen our armed forces’, he said, promising the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile would be commissioned by the end of the year.
‘There is no doubt that we will be even stronger,’ Putin added.
