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White House official says more Ukraine aid could be announced "in coming days
The White House said Tuesday that another aid package for Ukraine could be announced soon.
John Kirby, the National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, said he didn’t want to “get ahead of future security systems packages,” when asked by CNN’s Phil Mattingly about more assistance to Ukraine.
“I do think you’ll see another one here in coming days,” Kirby continued. “We’re in lockstep with the Ukrainians talking to them every day.”
Kirby said there were “real-time discussions going on with the Ukrainians about what their military needs are.”
He added: “Many of the systems that we’ve been providing in just the last few weeks and couple of months have proven instrumental and effective in the Ukrainians ability to go on the offense and to be actually quite effective on the defense in the last several days and weeks.”
Ukraine has indicated it will make new requests for weapons from the U.S. and its allies, including a long-range missile system Washington so far has declined to provide.
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Earlier in an article in The Wall Street Journal, it was reported that Ukraine had handed over to the United States a list of weapons that the Ukrainian army would need to continue its counteroffensive in 2023.
The publication notes that the list includes 29 types of different weapons and ammunition systems, including
tanks, drones, artillery systems, Harpoon anti-ship missiles, Himars missiles and ATACMS missile systems.