BREAKING: Biden-Harris admin to send long-range munitions to Ukraine, $8 BILLION in weapons

President Joe Biden has just awarded Ukraine $8 billion in US weapons, including long-range munitions, something he'd previously promised absolutely to not do. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was in the US this week, visiting a munitions factory with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro which many said was akin to stumping for Kamala Harris' presidential campaign.

In a statement, the Biden-Harris White House announced that they have "directed the Department of Defense to allocate all of its remaining security assistance funding that has been appropriated for Ukraine by the end of" the Biden-Harris administration's term in office.

"As part of this effort," the statement continues, "the Department of Defense will allocate the remaining Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative funds by the end of this year." The Biden-Harris White House also "authorized $5.5 billion in Presidential Drawdown Authority to ensure this authority does not expire," this way, the "Administration can fully utilize the funding appropriated by Congress to support the drawdown of U.S. equipment for Ukraine and then replenish U.S. stockpiles."

"The Department of Defense is announcing $2.4 billion in security assistance through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which will provide Ukraine with additional air defense, Unmanned Aerial Systems, and air-to-ground munitions, as well as strengthen Ukraine’s defense industrial base and support its maintenance and sustainment requirements," the statement added.

"To enhance Ukraine’s long-range strike capabilities," it reads, the administration has "decided to provide Ukraine with the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) long-range munition."

"To further strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses," the White House said, the Department of Defense has been directed "to refurbish and provide Ukraine with an additional Patriot air defense battery and to provide Ukraine with additional Patriot missiles."

"This builds on my decision earlier this year to divert U.S. air defense exports to Ukraine, which will provide Ukraine with hundreds of additional Patriot and AMRAAM missiles over the next year and will help Ukraine defend its cities and its people," Biden said. He further "directed the Department of Defense to expand training for Ukrainian F-16 pilots, including by supporting the training of an additional 18 pilots next year."

"To counter Russian sanctions evasion and money laundering, the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, and the U.S. Secret Service have taken action today to disrupt a global cryptocurrency network, in coordination with international partners. The United States will continue to raise the costs on Russia for its war in Ukraine and to deprive the Russian defense industrial base of resources," the Biden-Harris administration determined.

There will also be a "leader-level meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Germany next month to coordinate the efforts of the more than 50 countries supporting Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression," it concluded.

Biden is scheduled to have a meeting with Zelensky at the White House on Thursday. Harris is scheduled to deliver remarks alongside Zelensky in the afternoon and meet with him after that.