The United States will announce roughly $3 billion in new military aid to Ukraine to mark its independence day and six months of conflict, a US official said on Tuesday.

The White House is expected to officially announce the aid on Wednesday, the same day Ukraine celebrates its independence that coincides with the six-month anniversary of conflict since the Russian invasion of that country on February 24, the official said on condition of anonymity. anonymity. .

Helpers who have “changed the game”

This will be the largest US military aid package since the start of the war and will allow Kyiv to acquire new weapons or finance training or operations. The money comes from a Pentagon fund that can be used for immediate operations or to purchase weapons.

This envelope is different from another fund that allows President Joe Biden to order the immediate transfer to Ukraine of weapons, materiel and equipment from existing stocks.

Last Friday, the Pentagon announced a tranche of military aid to Ukraine from this fund, worth 775 million dollars. This new tranche of aid included additional missiles for US Himars precision artillery systems, which have “changed the game on the battlefield,” a senior US Department of Defense official said.