US President Joe Biden in Japan, where he is participating in the G7 leaders' summit, will announce a new package of military aid to Ukraine. This was reported by the Reuters international agency, citing an American official.
The package of military aid included artillery shells, armored vehicles, anti-tank weapons, HIMARS rocket launcher systems.
According to Politico, Joe Biden is going to announce a new package of military aid to Ukraine after meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the G7 summit in Japan.
Thus, these steps are a strong manifestation of support for Kyiv on the eve of the expected counteroffensive.
As it became known yesterday, the United States and its allies intend to create a coalition to transfer F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. It was decided that the planes "will not necessarily come directly from the United States."
Information about the transfer of F-16 to Ukraine appeared immediately after Biden's statement that Washington supports joint efforts with allies and partners to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 aircraft.
Although at first he was categorically against the transfer of fighter jets to Ukraine, he later stated that he did not believe that the Air Force Air Force needed F-16s. In general, this decision depends on the United States.
Meanwhile, it became known that the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, is to arrive in Japan on Saturday, May 20, and will join the discussions at the G7 (G7) summit in Hiroshima.
This is reported by Kyodo.
Zelenskyі will personally participate in the final day of the three-day G-7 meeting, that is, on Sunday, May 21, the Japanese government confirms.
In the meantime, it should be noted that initially there was talk of plans for the Ukrainian head of state to attend the summit in an online format, but the president expressed a "strong" desire to join it in person, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
"After careful consideration of the agenda and schedule of the summit, we decided that on the final day of the summit, we will hold a session on Ukraine among the G-7 leaders with the personal presence of President Zelensky," the message reads.
Zelenskyi will attend the summit as a guest at the session on "peace and stability".
The president also plans to hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is presiding over the summit.
According to sources familiar with the plan, the Ukrainian leader is also considering visiting the Hiroshima museum, which documents the devastation caused by the US atomic bomb in 1945, and laying a wreath at a nearby cenotaph to commemorate the victims of the atomic bombing.
