Steve Rosenberg: Russia defiant over new US aid to Ukraine


by BBC News

BBC News— Pro-Kremlin media and Russian officials claim America is "getting dragged into" a war it will lose.

WKBN.com—US announces new Patriot missiles for Ukraine as part of new $6 billion aid package. WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will provide Ukraine additional Patriot missiles for its air defense systems as part of a massive $6 billion additional aid package, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Friday. The missiles will be used to replenish previously supplied Patriot systems. The package also includes more munitions for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile []

KSBW—US announces new Patriot missiles for Ukraine as part of new $6 billion aid package. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at least seven Patriot systems are needed to protect Ukrainian cities.

Українська правда—Russia throws a tantrum over US aid to Ukraine and asset confiscation. Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has claimed that the US aid to Ukraine approved by the House of Representatives “will kill more Ukrainians” and enrich the United States. He also warned that the United States “will have to answer for the confiscation of frozen assets of the Russian Federation”.