The U.S. will send a Patriot air defense system to Ukraine. How will it help?
The U.S. will send a Patriot surface-to-air missile system to Ukraine to bolster its air defense capabilities, a move that represents one of the most advanced defense systems that the Americans have so far provided to support Ukraine since Russia invaded last winter.
The transfer is part of a $1.85 billion package of new military assistance to Ukraine announced amid a months-long Russian assault on the country's critical infrastructure as the long, cold winter season sets in.
"Over the past three hundred days, the Kremlin has tried and failed to wipe Ukraine off the map. Now, Russia is trying to weaponize winter by freezing and starving Ukrainian civilians and forcing families from their homes," said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a statement announcing the aid package.
