The Biden White House will send $1.25 billion in aid to Ukraine

In a final push in the face of the impending Trump Administration, Biden White House He is preparing to announce an additional $1.25 billion in military aid to Ukraine.

The massive aid package includes a significant number of munitions, including the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems and the HAWK air defense system. The package also includes Stinger missiles and 155 and 105 mm artillery shells.

The Associated Press reports that officials are expected to make an announcement on Monday.

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President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shook hands after signing a security agreement within the framework of the G7 in Savelletri, Italy on June 13. (AP/Alex Brandon)

The latest funding comes after Biden announced a $988 million aid package earlier this month to Ukraine Ensuring that it “has the tools it needs to win the fight against Russian aggression.”

“This administration has made its choice. There is a bipartisan coalition in Congress. The next administration must make its choice,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said earlier in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. “But from this library, from this chair, I am sure of it President Reagan It would be on the side of Ukraine, America’s security and human freedom.”

French President Emmanuel Macron (C), US President-elect Donald Trump (L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pose before a meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on December 7, 2024. Trump is making his first international trip after winning the election. then prepares for a busy day of diplomacy before attending the reopening of the restored Notre Dame cathedral. 2019 fire. (SARAH MEYSSONNIER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

The Biden administration has pledged to provide as much aid as possible to Ukraine before Trump takes office in January.

President-elect Trump and vice-president were elected during the campaign JD Vance After Russia’s 2022 invasion, the Biden administration’s support for Ukraine was harshly criticized.

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Trump also said he would end the war before even taking office, without providing further details. Vance suggested earlier this year that the best way to end the war would be for Ukraine to cede land occupied by Russia and establish a demilitarized zone, a proposal Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky strongly rejected.

Since the campaign trial, Trump He met with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky At a ceremony marking the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral on Saturday after a devastating fire in Paris in 2019.

Ukrainian servicemen of the 24th brigade were seen with small arms during a training exercise in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on December 15. (Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images)

This latest announcement marks the administration’s 22nd aid package through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.

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In early December Speaker of the House Mike Johnson rejected the administration’s request to Congress to authorize $24 billion in additional funding.

“It’s not Joe Biden’s place to make that decision now,” Johnson said earlier. “We have a newly elected president, and we will be waiting for a new commander-in-chief on all of this. So I don’t expect any funding from Ukraine now.”