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Biden announces heavy artillery,
other weapons for Ukraine
By A. MADHANI, R. BURNS again we’re going to prove
and D. SUPERVILLE him wrong.” The new pack-
Associated Press age includes $800 million in
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- military aid for much-need-
dent Joe Biden pledged ed heavy artillery, 144,000
an additional $1.3 billion rounds of ammunition and
Thursday for new weapons drones for the escalating
and economic assistance battle in the Donbas region
to help Ukraine in its strong of eastern Ukraine. It builds
but increasingly difficult on roughly $2.6 billion in
battle against the Russian military assistance that
invasion, and he promised Biden previously approved.
to seek much more from There’s also a fresh $500
Congress to keep the guns, million in direct economic
ammunition and cash flow- assistance t o Ukraine for
ing. The latest military aid, government salaries, pen-
Biden said, will be sent “di- sions and other programs.
rectly to the front lines of That raises the total U.S.
freedom.” “Putin is banking economic support to $1 bil-
on us losing interest,” Biden lion since Russia’s invasion
said. The Russian president began nearly two months President Joe Biden returns a salute as he walks from Marine One to board Air Force One at
is betting that “Western ago. Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, April 21, 2022, en route to Portland, Ore.
unity will crack ... and once Continued on Page 2 Associated Press