The administration of US Democratic President Joe Biden announced another $500 million arms aid package for Ukraine on Thursday, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a statement, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
White House spokesman John Kirby said earlier that the US would continue to provide additional packages to Ukraine "until the very end of this administration."
Washington said 10 days ago that it would send Ukraine missiles, ammunition, anti-personnel mines and other weapons worth $725 million.
Thursday's package includes ammunition for highly mobile artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) and high-velocity anti-radiation missiles (HARMs) worth about $500 million, Blinken said.
Biden now has the ability to quickly send weapons from US stockpiles to the front lines worth about $5.6 billion without requiring congressional approval.
Germany has supported Ukraine with remotely controlled firefighting robots to fight fires after Russian attacks, German Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze said, quoted by DPA and BTA.
Her devices were demonstrated during her visit to Kiev. "The fire department received additional support from us," Schulze said.
The robots could help put out fires without putting rescue workers at risk of secondary attacks, she said.
Schulze explained that the insidious aspect of the Russian strategy is that when firefighters arrive to put out the fire, the site is attacked a second time. She noted that with many men in Ukraine fighting on the front lines, disaster relief is increasingly falling to women, who would also benefit from the devices.
Oliver Rascher of Alpha Robotics stated that it would be “possible to start extinguishing fires without putting emergency services at risk.“
According to available information, six or seven such robots are currently deployed in Ukraine.
The German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, according to its own information, has financed the equipment and training of the operators.