KYIV (Reuters) – A U.S. plane carrying military equipment and munitions landed in Kyiv on Tuesday, the third cargo of a $200-million safety bundle to shore up Ukraine because it braces for a attainable Russian military offensive.
“Our companions are growing the quantity of military help. And right now we’re assembly the third plane from the United States authorities as a part of this help,” Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov advised reporters earlier than the plane landed.
The United States has been Ukraine’s strongest backer in attempting to avert a brand new assault by Russia, which has massed troops close to Ukraine’s border. Moscow denies planning an offensive.
The United States has dedicated greater than $650 million of safety help to Ukraine previously 12 months and greater than $2.7 billion in complete since 2014, when Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula.
Ukraine has been a grateful recipient of the help although it has criticised as “untimely” a partial pullout of U.S. and different embassy workers.
(Reporting by Natalia Zinets; writing by Matthias Williams, modifying by Timothy Heritage)
