US Announces $3 Billion In Military Aid To Ukraine Amid War

The United States announced $3 billion dollars in military assistance for Ukraine on Friday, which the White House said was the largest aid package for Kyiv to date. Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the assistance, which will be detailed later by the Pentagon, is expected to include Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, MRAPs and other personnel carriers, and self-propelled howitzers. Washington and Berlin announced the previous day that they would provide armored vehicles -- Bradleys from the United States and Marders from Germany -- but did not provide details. Berlin said Friday that it would send about 40 of the Marder vehicles to Ukraine within weeks, and that training on them would be provided in Germany. Both they and the Bradleys -- which are usually armed with a 25 mm autocannon, a 7.62 mm machine gun and anti-tank missiles -- will provide Ukrainian forces with additional firepower. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told journalists that the Bradleys "are ve…