Since Russia invaded in February 2022, Ukraine has become the top recipient of American aid, totaling, thus far, a whopping $175 billion.
The U.S. is not alone, as dozens of other countries, many belonging to NATO, have also contributed significant amounts of aid. Thus far, the EU has contributed nearly $117 billion in aid to Ukraine.
The aid has played a pivotal role in Ukraine’s defense and counteroffensive against what the West largely considers Russia’s illegal war of aggression.
In April, it looked like Ukraine was heading for defeat, as supplies ran thin and morale plummeted.
Business Insider reports on Ukraine’s bold new offensive that has pushed deep into Russian territory and may have changed the battle completely. Here’s the start of the story:
After years of fighting off Russia, Ukraine is suddenly throwing a lot back at it. Kyiv appears to have just carried out its largest attack on Russian military airbases of the war, and its forces continue to press forward with their shock invasion of Russia’s Kursk region.
Russia’s defense ministry said early Wednesday that its troops shot down 117 drones and four missiles launched overnight by Kyiv. Moscow claimed its air-defense systems destroyed projectiles over eight different regions, including border areas like Kursk.
Russia didn’t say whether any of its airfields were hit, but an official in the Security Service of Ukraine told local media that long-range drones targeted and struck Russian airfields in Kursk, Voronezh, Savasleyka, and Borisoglebs.
An SBU source told state-run Ukrinform, Ukraine’s national news agency, that Ukrainian forces “carried out the largest attack on Russian military airfields since the war began,” adding that “it was a ‘fun’ night” at the airfields.