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Ukraine will spend an additional ₴370B ($9.5B) on the purchase of weapons. "Together with the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, we are studying new opportunities to support the enterprises of our defense complex to ensure the logistical needs of the army and the timely shipment of the necessary weapons," said Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov.
Norway announced a new military aid package for Ukraine, which includes ammunition for 81 mm mortars worth approximately €42M. The country also recently sent €4.7M in hand grenades and €260,000 in sniper ammunition.
The Lithuanian government approved the transfer of 14 M113 armored vehicles, and Canada is sending the first four new armored medical evacuation vehicles of the 50 planned for delivery. In addition, the country will send Ukraine 2,300 CRV7 rocket engines, armored vehicles, ammunition, and 29 Nanuk remote control systems.
As previously announced, Sweden will provide €6.5B in military aid to Ukraine over three years.
- Strike Russia
Biden promises to continue supporting Ukraine but will not allow strikes on the Kremlin with US weapons. The US and its allies will continue to help Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression to prevent the country from being enslaved and endangering Europe, US President Joe Biden said during a ceremony in France commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy. "The US, NATO, and a coalition of more than 50 countries support Ukraine. We will not back down," he said. Biden is convinced that Ukraine itself "will never back down, no matter what happens."
US allowed Ukraine to down planes in Russian airspace since start of full-scale war, White House says. The U.S. gave Kyiv permission at the start of Russia's full-scale invasion to down military aircraft flying in Russian territory if they pose a threat to Ukraine, U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said at a press briefing on June 4 in response to a question on the use of U.S.-supplied weapons on Russian territory.
Ukraine has used US weapons to strike inside Russia in recent days as of June 6, Senator Mike Rounds of South Dakota and another Western official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. A day earlier, White House national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters that the Biden administration is “just not in a position on a day-to-day basis of knowing exactly what the Ukrainians are firing at what.”
Ukraine can strike inside Russia with American arms near entire northern border, US official says. “The recommendations apply to the northern border in Kharkiv and Sumy oblasts, where Russian forces are firing on Ukraine,” said Michael Carpenter, senior director for Europe at the U.S. National Security Council.
So far, 11 countries have given Ukraine permission to use their weapons to strike targets in Russia, and Putin spouts threats. Poland's Deputy Defense Minister Cesara Tomczyk said that his country has no objections to
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