US announces new $300 million package for Ukraine, but opposes strikes inside Russia

Washington : Apna Punajb Media : The United States on Wednesday (May 31) announced a fresh USD 300 million arms package for Ukraine. The package includes air defence systems and tens of thousands of ammunition rounds. However, the US has warned Ukraine that the weaponry should not be used to carry out attacks within Russia. We have been very clear with the Ukrainians privately we’ve certainly been clear publicly that we do not support attacks inside Russia. We do not enable and we do not encourage attacks inside Russia, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters. The US Defense Department said that the latest package brings the value to US security assistance to Ukraine to USD 37.6 billion so far.