TO KEEP THE STEADY FLOW OF
WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION MOVING TO
UKRAINE.
NINE MONTHS AGAIN, USING MY
PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY, TO
ACTIVATE -- TO ACTIVATE AN
ADDITIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE
TO CONTINUE TO HELP UKRAINE FEND
OFF RUSSIA'S ASSAULT.
AN ADDITIONAL $800 MILLION IN
ASSISTANCE.
THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL OF NEW
U.S. SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO
UKRAINE TO $1 BILLION, JUST THIS
WEEK.
THESE ARE THE LARGE -- THESE ARE
DIRECT TRANSFERS OF EQUIPMENT,
FROM OUR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE,
TO THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY, TO
HELP THEM AS THEY FIGHT AGAINST
THIS INVASION.
NOW, I THANK THE CONGRESS FOR
APPROPRIATING THESE FUNDS.
THIS NEW PACKAGE IS GOING TO
PROVIDE UNPRECEDENTED ASSISTANCE
TO UKRAINE.
IT INCLUDES 800 ANTIAIRCRAFT
SYSTEMS, TO MAKE SURE THE
UKRAINIAN MILITARY CAN CONTINUE
TO STOP THE PLANES AND
HELICOPTERS THAT HAVE BEEN
ATTACKING THEIR PEOPLE AND TO
DEFEND THE UKRAINIAN AIR SPACE.
AND AT THE REQUEST OF PRESIDENT
ZELENSKYY, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED
AND ARE HELPING UKRAINE ACQUIRE
ADDITIONAL LONGER RANGE
ANTIAIRCRAFT SYSTEMS, AND
MUNITIONS FOR THOSE SYSTEMS.
OUR NEW ASSISTANCE PACKAGE ALSO
INCLUDES 9,000 ANTI-ARMOR
SYSTEMS, THESE ARE PORTABLE HIGH
ACCURACY SHOULDER-MOUNTED
MISSILES THAT UKRAINIAN FORCES
HAVE BEEN USING WITH GREAT
EFFECT TO DESTROY INVADING TANKS
AND ARMORED VEHICLES.
IT WILL INCLUDE 7,000 SMALL
ARMS, MACHINE GUNS, SHOTGUNS,
GRENADE LAUNCHERS, TO EQUIP THE
UKRAINIANS, INCLUDING THE BRAVE
WOMEN AND MEN WHO ARE DEFENDING
THEIR CITIES AS CIVILIANS AND
AROUND THE COUNTRY SIDE AS WELL.
AND AS WELL AS THE AMMUNITION,
ARTILLERY AND MORTAR ROUNDS TO
GO WITH SMALL ARMS, 20 MILLION
ROUNDS IN TOTAL.
20 MILLION ROUNDS.
THIS WILL INCLUDE DRONES, WHICH
DEMONSTRATES OUR COMMITMENT TO
SENDING OUR MOST CUTTING EDGE
SYSTEMS TO UKRAINE FOR ITS
DEFENSE.
AND WE'RE NOT DOING THIS ALONE.
OUR ALLIES AND PARTNERS HAVE
STEPPED UP TO PROVIDE
SIGNIFICANT SHIPMENTS OF
SECURITY ASSISTANCE, AND WILL
CONTINUE TO HELP FACILITATE
THESE DELIVERIES AS WELL.
THE UNITED STATES AND OUR ALLIES
AND PARTNERS ARE COMMITTED TO
SERVING WEAPONS OF ASSISTANCE TO
UKRAINIANS AND MORE WILL BE
COMING AS WE SOURCE ADDITIONAL
STOCKS OF EQUIPMENT THAT -- THAT
WE'RE READY TO TRANSFER.
NOW, I WANT TO BE HONEST WITH
YOU, THIS COULD BE A LONG AND
DIFFICULT BATTLE, BUT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL BE
STEADFAST IN OUR SUPPORT AND THE
PEOPLE OF UKRAINE, IN THE FACE
OF PUTIN'S IMMORAL, UNETHICAL
ATTACKS ON CIVILIAN POPULATIONS.
WE ARE UNITE IN OUR ABHORRENCE
OF THE DEBRAVEPRAVED ONSLAUGHT A
WE'LL HAVE THEIR BACKS AS THEY
CONTINUE THEIR FIGHT FOR
FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY AND THEIR
VERY SURVIVAL.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE UKRAINE THE
ARMS TO FIGHT AND DEFEND
THEMSELVES THROUGH ALL THE
DIFFICULT DAYS AHEAD.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
MOBILIZE HUMANITARIAN RELIEF TO
SUPPORT PEOPLE WITHIN UKRAINE,
AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FORCED
TO FLEE UKRAINE.
IN JUST THE PAST FEW WEEKS WE
PROVIDED $300 MILLION OF
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE
PEOPLE IN UKRAINE AND IN
NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TONS OF
FOOD, WATER, MEDICINE, OTHER
BASIC SUPPLIES TO SUPPORT THE
PEOPLE IN NEED.
OUR EXPERTS ON THE GROUND IN
POLAND AND MOLDOVA AND OTHER
NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES ARE THERE
TO MAKE REAL TIME ASSESSMENTS OF
THE RAPIDLY EVOLVING CRISIS TO
GET URGENTLY NEEDED HUMANITARIAN
SUPPLIES TO THE PEOPLE IN NEED
WHEN THEY NEED IT.
AND WE WILL SUPPORT UKRAINE'S
ECONOMY WITH DIRECT FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE AS WELL.
AND TOGETHER WITH OUR ALLIES AND
PARTNERS, WE WILL KEEP UP THE
PRESSURE ON PUTIN'S CRUMBLING
ECONOMY.
ISOLATING HIM ON THE GLOBAL
STAGE.
THAT'S OUR GOAL.
MAKE PUTIN PAY THE PRICE, WEAKEN
HIS POSITION, WHILE
STRENGTHENING THE HAND OF
UKRAINIANS ON THE BATTLEFIELD,
AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE.
TOGETHER WITH OUR ALLIES AND
PARTNERS WE'LL STAY THE COURSE.
AND WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN
TO PUSH FOR AND END THIS TRAGIC
UNNECESSARY WAR.
THIS IS A STRUGGLE TO PITCH THE
APPETITES OF AN AUTOCRAT AGAINST
HUMAN KIND'S DESIRE TO BE FREE.
AND LET THERE BE NO DOUBT, NO
UNCERTAINTY, NO QUESTION AMERICA
STANDS WITH THE FORCES OF
FREEDOM.
WE ALWAYS HAVE, WE ALWAYS WILL.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AND GOD
BLESS YOU AND I'M GOING TO WALK
OVER AND SIGN THIS BILL TO ALLOW
THE DRAWDOWN OF THOSE MATERIALS.