KYIV, July 2 – The United States will soon announce additional $2.3 billion in security assistance to Ukraine, which will include anti-tank weapons, interceptors and ammunition for Patriot and other air defense systems, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said.

"I am proud that the United States will soon announce more than $2.3 billion in new security assistance for Ukraine. This package under presidential drawdown authority will provide more air defense inceptors, anti-tank weapons, and other critical munitions from U.S. inventories," the Pentagon press service said, citing Austin before the start of negotiations with Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.