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This was part of a $200 million lethal aid package from the U.S. to empower Ukraine against a possible incursion by Russia.

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• Third shipment of the total package, which included ”Javelin anti-tank missiles, other anti-armor systems, grenade launchers, munitions, and non-lethal equipment essential to Ukraine’s front line defenders,” according to a statement by Marine Corps Lt. Col. Anton Semelroth, a Pentagon spokesman.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov thanked the U.S. for the aid and said that Kyiv expects the arrival of a fourth shipment of military equipment ”soon,” the Hill continues.

• In December, the Biden administration approved the $200M package to Ukraine in order to deter a Russian incursion.

• Moscow has denied that is it planning to invade, despite it placing over 100,000 troops near Ukraine’s border. 

• The U.S. has said that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is ”imminent” and announced Monday that 8,500 American troops were put on a heightened alert that they may be sent to Eastern Europe, in order to reinforce NATO defenses.

• The State Department also told the families of U.S. embassy staff in Kyiv over the weekend to leave the country.

SOURCE: NEWSMAX – THEHILL