"Ukraine suffers a serious blow" US approves $3.22 billion arms sales to Ukraine.

The US State Department announced on the 23rd that it has approved a total of $322 million in foreign military sales, including providing Ukraine with "Hawk" air defense missile systems and "Bradley" infantry fighting vehicles. President Trump cited the reason for the arms sales, saying, "Ukraine is now under serious attack." According to a notification from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which is under the US Department of Defense, this batch of arms sales includes $172 million worth of "Hawk" air defense missile systems and their maintenance services, as well as $150 million worth of "Bradley" infantry fighting vehicles and their maintenance, repair, upgrade, and other related equipment and services. The Associated Press reported Trump as saying that Ukraine is "now under serious attack," and the US "has to" send more weapons, "mainly defensive weapons." The Associated Press reported that Trump has recently stated multiple times that the US will have European allies foot the bill for Ukrainian military aid. It is unclear if the cost of this latest arms sale will be arranged in the same way.