US intends to provide additional $2B to bolster security of Ukraine and other regional countries

BY A STAFF REPORTER: The United States intends to provide $2 billion to bolster the security of Ukraine and 18 other regional countries, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected announce Thursday. Blinken made an unannounced trip to Ukraine today – his third visit to the country since Russia invaded more than six months ago. According to a senior State Department official, the top US diplomat “will announce that we are notifying Congress today of our intent to make a further $2 billion available in long-term investments under Foreign Military Financing to bolster the security of Ukraine and 18 of its neighbors; including both many of our NATO allies as well as other regional security partners who are most potentially at risk for future Russian aggression.”