{"id":41409,"date":"2021-05-07T19:15:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T19:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/05\/07\/us-considering-security-aid-boost-for-ukraine-says-blinken\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:24:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:24:04","slug":"us-considering-security-aid-boost-for-ukraine-says-blinken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/2021\/05\/07\/us-considering-security-aid-boost-for-ukraine-says-blinken\/","title":{"rendered":"US considers boost to security aid for Ukraine, says Blinken"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Biden administration will consider Ukraine\u2019s expected request to buy American missile defense systems and other weaponry in the wake of a Russian military buildup on its border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=radio+free+europe+blinken&#038;oq=radio+free+europe+blinken&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61l3.7167j0j1&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Free Europe<\/a> on Thursday, amid his one-day visit to Ukraine, Blinken said the Pentagon is in the midst of \u201ca very active consideration\u201d of how to boost security assistance to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments from America\u2019s top diplomat came after Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/05\/europe\/ukraine-foreign-minister-dmytro-kuleba-blinken-trump-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">told CNN<\/a> he planned to discuss a \u201clist\u201d of U.S. military support with Blinken, including a request for air defense systems and anti-sniper technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want to make it clear that it\u2019s not only about receiving it from the United States, but also about buying it from the United States,\u201d Kuleba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/05\/europe\/ukraine-foreign-minister-dmytro-kuleba-blinken-trump-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">s<\/a>aid. \u201cWe want this partnership to work both ways. It should be mutually beneficial.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon last month announced a $125 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2021\/03\/17\/ukrainian-official-us-should-help-improve-air-defense-systems-air-assets\/\" target=\"_blank\">military aid package to Ukraine<\/a>, including two Mark VI patrol boats as well as \u201ccounter-artillery radars and tactical equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Ukraine is hoping for bolstered support toward its membership with NATO. \u201cThe path to NATO membership is absolutely on the table already. &#8230; NATO membership does not come in a day. We have plenty of time to settle the conflict,\u201d Kuleba said. \u201cBut we have to have a clear step-by-step road map of our accession to NATO. And this is where the United States can help us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2020\/06\/12\/250-million-aid-package-to-ukraine-will-support-us-security-too-defense-experts-say\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5769710.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">$250 million aid package to Ukraine will support US security too, defense experts say<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The aid package \u201ctells the Russians that they can\u2019t go to Kyiv and create a vassal state or change the geography of Europe again,\u201d said one expert.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine has seen an increase in hostilities in its eastern region in recent months. Ukraine\u2019s military says 35 of its soldiers were killed by rebel attacks this year, a significant rise from the latter part of 2020. Russia, which claims it has no soldiers in eastern Ukraine, fueled the tensions this year by massing troops and conducting large-scale military exercises near the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blinken reaffirmed Washington\u2019s support for Ukraine at a meeting Thursday with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Blinken said at a news conference that Ukraine\u2019s \u201cEuro-Atlantic aspirations\u201d were discussed with Zelenskyy and that the U.S. is \u201cactively looking\u201d at strengthening its security assistance to Ukraine, but he didn\u2019t give details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zelenskyy also said the military support and the financial support from the U.S. \u201cis increasing,\u201d but he didn\u2019t elaborate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both noted that while Russia has pulled back some of its forces from the border, a significant number of troops and equipment is still there. Blinken said Washington is watching the situation \u201cvery, very closely,\u201d as \u201cRussia has the capacity, on fairly short notice, to take aggressive action if it so chooses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. will consider Ukraine\u2019s expected request to buy American missile defense systems and other weaponry in the wake of a Russian military buildup on its 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