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Biden announces another $800 million in Ukraine defense aid

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Russia and Ukraine from the Roosevelt Room of the White House April 21, 2022, in Washington, DC.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that the U.S. will send Ukraine another $800 million in security assistance to help it stave off Russia's renewed offensive in the country's eastern Donbas region.

The tranche of defense aid, which follows , will include more heavy artillery and offensive weaponry that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has requested as the

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