Biden administration announces new $1.7 billion lethal aid package for Ukraine | CNN Politics
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The Biden administration announced on Monday a new lethal aid package for Ukraine totaling about $1.7 billion and largely consisting of missiles and ammunition for missile, artillery and air defense systems the US has previously provided to Ukraine.

The Biden administration announced on Monday a new lethal aid package for Ukraine totaling about $1.7 billion and largely consisting of missiles and ammunition for missile, artillery and air defense systems the US has previously provided to Ukraine.

The US is committing $1.5 billion in new weapons and equipment to Ukraine through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), which will include “capabilities to augment Ukraine’s air defenses, fires, and anti-tank weapons, as well as funding to sustain equipment previously committed by the United States,” according to a Defense Department news release.

The Defense Department is also sending Ukraine up to $200 million worth of weapons and equipment directly from US Department of Defense stockpiles via Presidential Drawdown Authority, which includes “air defense interceptors; munitions for rocket systems and artillery; and anti-tank weapons,” according to the news release.

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        • Mac@mander.xyzEnglish
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          2 months ago

          The new(ish) owner (David Zaslav) of CNN is friends with righties (John Malone) and is quoted saying they hired a guy to “Push CNN back to hard news and away from red-hot liberal opining”.

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            • Mac@mander.xyzEnglish
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              I don’t have examples of CNN having run garbage but i have heard of it happening.

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                Makes sense. Something to definitely watch out for, but not necessarily something that has already happened.

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          For one, CNN has a history of firing / cutting ties with anyone that is pro-Palestine (not even anti-Israel, just anyone who simply doesn’t want people in Gaza and the West Bank to die).