Biden revealed the plans during a press conference after the NATO summit in Madrid, where he declared the alliance united in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
“This summit was about strengthening our alliance, meeting the challenges of our world as they are today and the threats we will face in the future,” Biden said at the start of the press conference.
Biden said the new aid package would also include more anti-battery, artillery and ammunition radar, including high-mobility missile systems (HIMARS) that the United States recently supplied to the Ukrainians. Biden also predicted that other countries would send HIMARS to Ukraine.
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said earlier this week that the United States would send medium- and long-range air defense systems to Ukraine, although he declined to comment.
Congress has approved about $ 40 billion in security, financial and humanitarian aid to Ukraine from which the government can draw. Biden said the official announcement of the new $ 800 million tranche would be made in the coming days.
On Thursday, Biden made a winning round after the summit, saying he had told Russian President Vladimir Putin before launching a military invasion of Ukraine that such a move would strengthen NATO.
“Putin thought he could break the transatlantic alliance. He tried to weaken us. Wait for our determination to break. “But he gets exactly what he did not want,” Biden said.
Biden particularly noted the decision of Finland and Sweden to join the alliance, accession candidacies that were promoted at the summit after Turkey withdrew its objections.
“He wanted the Finnishization of NATO. “It took over Finland’s NATO membership,” Biden said of Putin.
Biden also highlighted US plans to strengthen its forces in Europe and the commitments of other NATO members, such as Germany, to boost defense spending to meet the alliance’s goal of 2% of GDP.
Biden’s overseas trip, his fourth in Europe as president, also included a previous stance at a G7 summit in Germany, during which G-7 leaders pledged support for Ukraine in the long run. base.
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Asked on Thursday whether the Americans should be prepared for the United States to support Ukraine indefinitely, Biden said: “We will support Ukraine as it should.”
“As long as it takes to ensure that they are not defeated by Russia,” Biden said.
—It was updated at 11:58 a.m.
