Pentagon announces $500 million aid package to Ukraine ahead of Trump transition

Published January 9, 2025 12:15pm ET



The Biden administration announced Thursday what could be the last tranche of military aid it will send to Ukraine, valued at about $500 million.

This aid package came less than two weeks before the administration will end and the second Trump administration will begin. As such, the Biden-led Pentagon has sought to provide Kyiv with whatever it could to improve its leverage ahead of peace negotiations that President-elect Donald Trump himself has previewed.

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