The United States of America will send another $450 million worth of military aid to Ukraine, including some additional medium-range rocket systems, to counter Russia’s progress in the war.
John Kirby, a senior White House official revealed that the U.S. had delivered or pledged weapons and military equipment to Kiev worth some $6.1billion for the past four months since the start of the Russian invasion.
President Joe Biden is expected to fly to Germany this Saturday to attend the G7 summit, which will be held at Bavaria’s Schloss Elmau from Sunday to Tuesday.
The U.S. president would however meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for bilateral talks before proceeding to attend the summit.
The G7, like most Western countries, has imposed tough sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.
Mr Kirby also noted that one of the aims of the G7 summit is to further isolate Russia from the global economy, target the Russian defence supply chain and further tighten the gaps creating evasion of these sanctions.
President Biden would proceed to Madrid after the G7 meeting for a NATO summit, where the Ukraine war is expected to be the main focus.
