Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said last week that Ukraine needed rocket systems and that some countries were “dragging their feet” in providing Kyiv with heavy weapons. The rocket systems transfer was approved after Ukraine assured the Biden administration that it will not use them to launch cross-border attacks on Russia, Kahl said. The weapons are part of a new $700 million package with a variety of weapons and equipment the United States has already sent to Ukraine. The United States has sent Ukraine $5.3 billion in security assistance since President Biden took office, the bulk of it — $4.6 billion — following the invasion. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused the United States on Wednesday of escalating tensions by providing the HIMARS.

Source: Washington Post June 02, 2022 09:39 UTC