President Biden to provide $725 million weapons aid package for Ukraine: Report

As per a notification viewed by Reuters, the United States is poised to provide other ammunition in the package, including cluster munitions, which are typically found in Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rockets fired by HIMARS launchers.

There is a possibility that the content and size of the weapons package might change before it passes President Biden’s table. It is being reported that the package could soon be brought in the Congress, most likely by Monday, reported Reuters.

Landmines is another controversial weaponry which the United States has not exported in decades. More than 160 countries have signed a treaty in order to ban the usage of landmines but Kyiv had been demanding it since the war broke out with Russia in 2022.

Moscow has been using landmines against Kyiv on the front lines and now when the US announced that it’ll be sending landmines, the anti-mine treaty signatories have criticized this decision. Though the US has said that it expects Ukraine to use the mines in its own territory.

On Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump appointed Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general who presented him with a plan to end the war in Ukraine, to serve as the special envoy for Russia-Ukraine conflict.

During his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump had promised to end the Russia-Ukraine war in a swift manner but avoided detailing how he would do so.