Jul 22 U.S. sends an additional $270 million in military aid to Ukraine By Nomaan Merchant, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The latest tranche announced by the White House Friday comes atop about $8 billion in security assistance provided since the war began in late February. Continue reading
Jul 08 U.S. sending $400 million more in military aid to Ukraine By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press A senior defense official says the U.S. will send another $400 million in military equipment to Ukraine, including four more advanced rocket systems. Continue reading
Jul 01 U.S. announces $820 million in Ukraine military aid, including missile systems By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press The U.S. has announced it will provide Ukraine with $820 million in new military aid, including new surface-to-air missile systems and counter-artillery radars to respond to Russia's heavily reliance on long-range strikes in the war. Continue reading
Apr 28 WATCH: House passes military lend-lease program to speed Ukraine aid By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The U.S. House gave final passage Thursday to legislation that would streamline a World War II-era military lend-lease program to more quickly provide Ukraine and other Eastern European countries with American equipment to fight the Russian invasion. Continue reading
Apr 13 Artillery and helicopters among $800 million in new military assistance for Ukraine approved by Biden By Zeke Miller, Associated Press, Associated Press President Joe Biden approved $800 million in new military assistance to Ukraine, including artillery and helicopters, to bolster its defenses against an intensified Russian offensive in the country's East. Continue reading
Dec 02 Trump administration quietly releases delayed Lebanon military aid By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The money had languished in limbo at the Office of Management and Budget since September although it had already won congressional approval and had overwhelming support from the Pentagon, State Department and National Security Council. Continue reading
Nov 27 Watch 5:04 What were Rudy Giuliani’s business dealings in Ukraine? It was another day of revelations in the saga of President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, which prompted the impeachment inquiry. What was Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, doing in that Eastern European country? What did the president know about the… Continue watching
Nov 22 Diplomats question why U.S. military aid to Lebanon is being withheld By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Trump administration is withholding more than $100 million in U.S. military assistance to Lebanon that has been approved by Congress and is favored by his national security team, an assertion of executive control of foreign aid that is similar… Continue reading
Nov 04 Watch 8:08 How Ukraine’s involvement in U.S. politics could affect its long war By Simon Ostrovsky Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula was the largest European land grab since World War II. No shots were fired there, but in eastern Ukraine, a brutal war ensued, dragging on for nearly six years so far and killing… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch 4:54 Accidental killing of tourists highlights Egypt-U.S. tension over military aid By PBS News Hour On Sunday, 12 tourists were accidentally killed by Egyptian government forces, who mistook the group for Islamist militants and fired on them with an Apache helicopter. Jeffrey Brown speaks to Michele Dunne of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about… Continue watching