Biden approves more military aid as Ukraine's Zelensky visits Washington
STORY: Biden approves more military aid as Ukraine's Zelensky visits Washington
DATELINE: Dec. 22, 2022
LENGTH: 00:00:58
LOCATION: Washington D.C.
CATEGORY: POLITICS
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1. various of the meeting and the joint press conference
STORYLINE:
U.S. President Joe Biden pledged visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday to offer military aid, mentioning in particular the Patriot surface-to-air missile battery he just approved for Ukraine in a new tranche of security assistance totaling 1.85 billion U.S. dollars.
The weapons package approved by Biden, according to a list from the Pentagon, also included "precision aerial munitions," which it didn't explain in detail regarding the type and quantity. According to U.S. media reports, they might be the so-called "Joint Direct Attack Munitions," which would transform the unguided "dumb" bombs into "smart" bombs by the addition of fins and a precision guidance system.
Arriving in the United States Wednesday for a visit, Zelensky told Biden he wi
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