The Pentagon confirms that Ukraine’s military strike across the Russian border conforms to US policy; the US allocates a new $125M aid package.

Deputy Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh confirmed late last week that the US continues to support Ukraine and that US policy “allows Ukraine to fire back to defend against Russian attacks from the border region,” which includes Russia’s Kursk region and the border in the Sumy region.

Meanwhile, on the eve of Ukraine’s Independence Day, US President Joe Biden spoke with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and announced a new military aid package. The package was provided as part of the US President’s authority to remove weapons, ammunition, and equipment from US military warehouses.

The weapons will be taken from Pentagon warehouses and will be delivered to Ukraine much faster than other military aid. The US Department of Defense clarified that the package includes equipment and ammunition for countering unmanned aerial systems (c-UAS), HIMARS ammunition, 155-mm and 105-mm artillery ammunition, anti-tank guided missiles (TOW), Javelin and AT-4 anti-tank systems, and high-mobility multi-purpose wheeled ambulances (HMMWV).