Biden Expected to Announce $800M in Security Aid for Ukraine

President Joe Biden is expected to announce an additional $800 million in security assistance to Ukraine on Wednesday, a White House official said.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the entire package will total $1 billion. The U.S. plans to provide anti-armor and anti-air systems to Ukraine with the $1.01 billion taken from the more than entire $13 billion overall military aid package.

The package includes air defenses such as Javelins and Stingers that the U.S. says Ukraine needs, according to the Journal.

Biden will make his first visit to Europe since Russia invaded Ukraine to discuss the crisis with NATO allies next week, the White House said.

Biden will attend a NATO leaders meeting at the military alliance's headquarters in Brussels on March 24.

NATO is set to tell its military commanders on Wednesday to draw up plans for new ways to deter Russia from future military action, including more troops and missile defenses in eastern Europe, officials and diplomats said.

"We need to reset our military posture for this new reality," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters on Tuesday. "Ministers will start an important discussion on concrete measures to reinforce our security for the longer term, in all domains."

At least 10 of NATO’s biggest allies, including the United States, Britain and France, have deployed more troops, ships and warplanes to its eastern flank, and put more on stand-by.