(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked U.S. President Joe Biden for providing Ukraine with a new $2.2 billion military aid package.

The Ukrainian leader said this on his twitter account, Ukrinform reports.

'Thank you POTUS for the new $2.2 billion defense aid package. It's important to strengthen the Ukrainian Defense Forces. Together with the U.S., we stand against terror! The more long-range our weapons are and the more mobile our troops are the sooner Russia's brutal aggression will end,' Zelensky said.

The U.S. Department of Defense officially announced the disbursement of more than $2.2 billion as a new package of security assistance to Ukraine, which includes air defense equipment, IFVs, anti-tank equipment, as well as missiles for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS).

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