The United States announces a new $400M assistance package for Ukraine.

On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a new $400M tranche of security assistance for Ukraine, including air defense munitions and armored vehicles. The aid includes “air defense munitions, artillery rounds, armored vehicles, and anti-armor capabilities, as well as other equipment essential to strengthening Ukraine’s brave forces on the battlefield, helping them retake Ukraine’s sovereign territory, and defend their fellow citizens“, according to a statement.

Blinken also slammed Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, noting that Moscow “continues to attack Ukrainian ports and grain infrastructure“, including in the southern port city of Odesa.