The White House has pledged another $1 billion in new military aid for Ukraine

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The White House has pledged another $1 billion in new military aid to Ukraine, the country's largest-ever shipment of missiles, ammunition, and other weapons. Total U.S. security assistance to Ukraine under the Biden administration has since exceeded $9 billion. The invasion of Russia in February. The aid includes additional missiles for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, as well as thousands of artillery shells, mortar systems, javelins, and other munitions and equipment for

. The announcement comes as analysts warn that Russia is moving troops and equipment to southern port cities, around the world to prevent a Ukrainian counter-offensive. "At every stage of this conflict, we have focused on providing Ukrainians with what they need based on changing battlefield conditions," said Colin Kahl, deputy secretary of defense. for politics, he said. Monday's package allows the US to deliver weapons systems and other equipment faster by removing them from Department of Defense shelves. For the last four months of the war, Russia has focused on seizing the Donba region in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Moscow separatists have controlled some areas as self-proclaimed republics for eight years. Russian forces have been gradually moving into the region while launching rocket and rocket attacks to limit the movements of Ukrainian

 fighters elsewhere. Kahl estimates that Russian forces suffered as many as 80,000 casualties. and wounded in the fighting, although it did not itemize the number with an estimate of forces killed. He said  Russian troops have managed to "gradually" gain  ground in eastern Ukraine, albeit not in recent weeks.“But that comes at an extraordinary cost to the Russian military because the Ukrainian military has done so well and with all the help they have received. And I think now conditions in the east have stabilized and the focus is shifting. to the south.