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The United States announces close to $3 billion in fresh military assistance for Ukraine as the country marks its Independence Day, Undersecretary for Defense Colin Kahl says at a Pentagon press briefing, in the largest single security package yet in the six-month-old war. SOUNDBITE
Yellen expressed that this was the first tranche of an additional €10 billion that the United States will send to Kyiv in the coming months.
The United States announces $3 billion in military assistance for Ukraine, which White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says is the largest aid package for Kyiv to date.
French President Emmanuel Macron told Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy his government would send light AMX-10 RC armoured combat vehicles to help in the war against Russia, a French official said on Wednesday after a phone call between them. FRANCE 24's Luke Shrago reports.
The European Union's head of diplomacy, Josep Borrell, announces an additional €500 million in military aid to Ukraine at the G7 meeting of foreign ministers in Germany. SOUNDBITE of Josep Borrell