KIEV, Aug. 10 – Ukraine will receive an additional $500 million from the United States government to finance the training of its military, the Ukrainian parliamentary committee for foreign affairs said in a statement obtained by Interfax.

This aid was pledged by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in his letter to the committee chairperson, Hanna Hopko, the spokesperson said.

"Furthermore, the U.S. vice president confirms the U.S. government's readiness to grant an additional $2 billion loan which was tentatively agreed upon in April this year," the spokesperson said.