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President biden has announced an extra billion dollars in military support for Ukraine, the largest single military aid package since Russia invaded.

The US defense secretary said at a meeting on Wednesday, he'll move heaven and earth to ensure Ukraine gets the weapons it needs.

NATO Defense ministers are reconvening in brussels for the final day of the summit.

Our North America correspondent Peter bos reports this is the kind of military aid that Ukraine says it desperately needs billion dollar package that includes longer range rocket and missile systems.

The goal to help target Russian troops and locations from farther away and bolster Ukraine's embattled defense forces in the eastern Donbass region.

Defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, who's been speaking to a meeting of NATO defense ministers in brussels.

We're going to continue to work hard to move things as much capability as we can as fast as we can.

Uh and uh and to ensure that Ukraine can be successful in about, He said Russia had shifted its focus to the Donbas and the challenge facing Ukraine could not be underestimated.

The stakes he said were high and the Western Alliance could not afford to let up the United States announced the strengthening of our defense is an extra $1 billion dollars support package.

It is coastal defense artillery and modern rocket systems.

I'm extremely grateful for the support which is especially important for our defense forces in the Donbas the war is at a critical stage in eastern Ukraine.

Assessment of Russia's advances suggests Moscow's forces are facing a raft of problems.

The advances that the Russians have made have been very slow, a very tough slog, very severe battle of attrition.

Almost World War One like uh and the Russians have suffered tremendous amounts of casualties.

The White House has also announced an additional $225 million dollars in humanitarian aid for Ukraine, including supplying safe drinking water, critical medical supplies and food.

Says it's also trying to resolve some of the wider problems caused by the war.

I think we're working real hard, not just with the leadership in Ukraine, but but in the region to try to relieve the pressure that has resulted from Mr.

Uh And so the president is looking at a range of options here to uh to try to see if we can get grain out and into the market.

Um And that's a that's tricky business, A tricky business all around The us has now committed more than $6 billion Biden administration.

But this is a country facing its own financial crisis.

News of a higher than expected hike in interest rates and talk of a possible recession are a greater concern for some than a potentially protracted war in europe.

 A political tightrope for joe biden to navigate in the months ahead. 