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KYIV: US Secretary of State
Antony Blinken
said a new US weapons package had already started arriving in
Ukraine
with more supplies on the way during a meeting with Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
in Kyiv on Tuesday.
"We also know that in the near term the assistance is now on the way, some of it has already arrived and more of it will be arriving," said Blinken.
"And that's going to make a real difference against the ongoing Russian aggression on the battlefield."
Zelenskyy lauded the "crucial" US aid, stressing the country's biggest deficit - air defence. Zelenskyy told
Blinken
that Ukraine needs two air defence batteries for the northeastern city of
Kharkiv
, being pummelled by Russian air strikes.
