The United States and some of its European allies have announced significant new arms donations to Ukraine, including armoured vehicles and heavy weaponry, ahead of a crucial meeting on bolstering the country’s defence nearly a year after Russia invaded.The US said its package of military support – which includes armoured personnel carriers, air defence systems and tens of thousands of rockets and artillery rounds – was worth some two point five billion dollars, and promised to send 59 Bradley Fighting Vehicles and 90 Stryker Armoured Personnel Carriers to Ukraine.Secretary of State Antony Blinken said it was a significant new security assistance package to help Ukraine continue to defend itself against Russia’s brutal warEarlier, the United Kingdom, in a joint statement with defence ministers and representatives of nine European countries, said it would send 600 Brimstone missiles to Kyiv, while Denmark promised 19 French-made Caesar howitzers, and Sweden its Archer artillery system, a modern mobile howitzer Ukraine has been requesting for months.
