Blinken: the U.S. will send a new $700 billion security package to Ukraine, including MRLS

The United States will send a new $ 700 million security package to Ukraine, including longer-range rocket systems.

he United States is allocating a new $ 700 million security package to Ukraine, including longer-range rocket systems.

That was stated by the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at a joint briefing with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

Blinken stressed that the United States has decided to provide Ukraine with new weapons, not just for protection against russian aggression but also for strengthening its position during the talks.

According to the state secretary, Ukraine has assured the United States that it will not use the new MLRS to aim at russian territory. In addition, Blinken noted that russia is attacking Ukraine, not the other way around, and called on moscow to de-escalate.

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Earlier, the Office of the President called on Western partners to provide Ukraine with American MLRS so that the Armed Forces could unblock the Black Sea and prevent a global food crisis.

MLRS on the HIMARS wheeled launcher can act as a multiple rocket launcher system (MLRS) and operational-tactical missile system (OTRK) with a range of up to 300 kilometers.

On May 30, US President Joe Biden told reporters that the United States would not send missile systems capable of striking the russian federation to Ukraine.

After that, Michael McFaul, the US President's former national security advisor, said that Ukraine would receive new batches of longer-range high-precision missiles from the United States, but not missiles that could reach russia.

In the end, The Wall Street Journal reported that Joe Biden's administration plans to provide Ukraine with guided missile systems capable of hitting targets at a distance of more than 40 miles (about 64 kilometers).